Michelle Williams sat down with Billy Dec of “A Chicago Thing” to talk about the prospects of the Olympics returning to the US for the 2016 games in Chicago.
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Michelle Williams has said that Destiny’s Child were inspired by the success of the Spice Girls.
The singer told London Lite that her group appreciated the achievements of Ginger, Sporty, Scary, Baby and Posh in leading the way for other girlbands.
Williams said: “The Spice Girls were such great role models for Destiny’s Child. We loved that they were a strong, female group that became a megastar brand.”
She added that ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham’s husband David “is so handsome and has a great sense of style”.
Last month, Williams’s former bandmate Kelly Rowland denied reports that the singers would reunite with Beyoncé to reform Destiny’s Child.
Michelle Williams: I saw Chicago a couple of times on Broadway, back when Usher was playing Billy Flynn. When it came time for me to do it, I backed away from seeing the show again because I wanted to bring as much of me as possible to the role. I love Roxie’s feistiness, her wittiness. She’s always on her toes. She never lets anybody one-up her.
The show takes a great amount of discipline. In theatre, you have to know your lines and choreography – there are no little ways out like in a concert. You can’t just hold your microphone out to the audience and say, “Hey, sing along.” I have more control of the stage when I’m performing my own music, but theatre is all about putting down egos: I’m doing someone else’s choreography, I’m singing someone else’s material. We did dabble with Bob Fosse’s choreography in our routines for Destiny’s Child. It’s very cool, sensual movement – not raunchy, but it is sexy. When I’m married, I’ll definitely be putting those moves on my husband.
On my opening night, I thought the ensemble were way too calm. There wasn’t a lot of nervous energy. But they said, “We’ve got your back – off you go.” Roxie is on stage quite a bit, so the stamina has been a challenge. But you have no time to be tired; nobody buys tickets to come and see you be tired. No matter how I’m feeling when I arrive at the theatre, I become happy in the show. There’s something about hitting the stage and feeling the energy from the cast and the audience – it has a healing effect.
