However, for certain audiences, those elements are exactly what make the film so much fun.
Fans gilded its reputation with glitter over the years.
“The audience loves it.”
Of course, she knows why.
Not only did she perform a number of original songs, she also co-wrote them.
Aguilera bristled at a suggestion fromColliderthat her original numbers might have taken a lot of revision.
“I’m not going to exhaust myself, on that level,” she said.
“When you have a specific vision for something, you just go in and attack it.”
Aguilera hasn’t acted much since “Burlesque,” but her music career is still going strong.
She released her second Spanish-language album in 2022, titled “Aguilera.”
“Now it’s coming from a deeper perspective and wanting to explore.”
The “Beautiful” hitmaker is also still focused on being an LGBTQIA+ ally.
In Summer 2023, Aguilera performed at Pride in NYC, having played LA the year before.
Explaining her break, the “Believe” singer had an easy answer forCinemablend.
“I forgot,” she said.
“I forgot that I really enjoyed this.
I forgot that I liked acting so much.”
Despite her excitement to act again, Cher was none too happy with how the film turned out.
In 2013, she toldThe Guardian, “It could have been a much better film.
And really terrible script.”
Cherdidn’t let the film’s critical failure slow her down.
In fact, she’s had quite a busy 2023.
In July, the multi-hyphenate announced that her gelato company, Cher-lato, was heading to Los Angeles.
The Oscar winner also announced that she will release a Christmas album in 2023.
“Are you spending Christmas with me?”
Anothertweetpledged, “THIS IS NOT UR MOTHERS [Santa emoji] [Christmas tree emoji] ALBUM.”
Kristen Bell played mean girl Nikki
Kristen Bell played Nikki, one of the main burlesque dancers.
Bell toldParadethat being in the film made her see sensuality in a new way.
“I always felt as though being too sexual meant that you were demeaning yourself,” she said.
“I learned quite the opposite lesson on this movie.
I was working with so many confident women that were not at all exploiting themselves.”
In 2022, she starred in “The People We Hate At The Wedding.”
The “Veronica Mars” star also regularly finds herself in social media furors resulting fromoversharing online.
Fans weren’t impressed, and they discussed it on Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast.
Alan Cumming camped it up as Alexis
Alan Cumming played Alexis, the Burlesque Lounge’s doorman.
In abehind-the-scenes interview, Cumming reflected on the movie’s musical numbers.
“I love dancers,” he said.
“I wish I’d been a dancer.
If you want to be an artist of any kind, then you want to tell a story.
… And so, how better to tell it than with your whole body?”
Director Steven Antin toldMoviewebthat he fought for the performance to be included.
Cumming can be seen singing and dancing on “Schmigadoon!
“, an Apple TV+ show that parodies Broadway musicals.
Season 2 aired in 2023.
He toldBroadway Worldthat the cast has a great time both on and off set.
“We all talk on a WhatsApp, on a texting group.
It’s called ‘Schmiga-dudes,'” he said.
I like having our little gossipy, jokey, fun group of friends.”
“It’s the most camp show,” he toldGoldDerby.
“It’s the campest thing I’ve ever done.”
That’s saying something; after all, he was in “Burlesque.”
“It’s a perk of your job, really,” he said.
“I got to kiss Christina Aguilera, which is not a bad thing.”
(No, that remark doesn’t age particularly well.)
I wish I would’ve spoke up for our storyline.”
Gigandet is a prolific actor.
They follow another four projects released in 2022.
Stanley Tucci became great friends with Cher on set
Stanley Tucciplayed Sean, Tess’s assistant.
“It’s awful; they’re paying me for these interviews,” Tucci quipped toLogo, laughing.
“It was great.
I was very nervous to meet Cher, there’s no doubt about it.
Once we started working, we got along very well and we had a great time.
They had to wrangle us in to stop us from laughing the whole time.”
Beginning in 2021, he hosted two seasons of “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” on CNN.
The show combined travel with food as Tucci toured Italy.
It was canceled, but he toldVarietythat he was “pretty confident” the show would land somewhere else.
“We’re talking to different companies,” he said.
In 2023, he starred on “Citadel,” a spy thriller for Amazon Prime.
Tucci told Collider that he was happy to sit out some of the show’s more expansive action sequences.
“Richard [Madden]’s 20, almost 30 years younger than I am.
So, it’s a little easier for him to do it than for me,” he said.
“I do like to do the physical stuff, but maybe not on that scale.”
In apress junket interview, Dane marveled at what his scene partner was able to do.
“Christina really transforms into something else on stage,” he said.
It was weird and interesting to see that transformation."
Cal is a closeted local businessman who commits statutory rape.
“So it’s important that I hit all the notes because otherwise he can so easily be misunderstood.
There’s a humanity to this character that I hope comes out.”
“Burlesque” was Hough’s first big foray into acting.
In 2011, she starred in a remake of “Footloose.”
A decade on, and Hough is back where she started.
No longer just a pro, she re-joined “Dancing with the Stars” in 2023 as co-host.
She toldVarietythat it was a natural transition.
Peter Gallagher is happy to tell stories about older people now
“The O.C.”
It is such a thrill to tell a story with music and dance."
As he’s gotten older, the 68-year old Gallagher has refused to slow down.
In 2023, he starred in the third season of Apple TV+ show “Truth Be Told.”
he said of his role on “Grace and Frankie.”
“And, my God there are people 25 and under that want to watch!”
