Manuel here to give you two new-ish videos with which to feast on if you’re famished for some Anna Kendrick. It’s probably unnecessary to remind you that Anna Kendrick has become the poster gal for movie musicals. In a stretch of 8 months she’ll have premiered The Last Five Years, Into the Woods and Pitch Perfect 2. We’ve already done a YES/NO/MAYBE SO for Into the Woods and for Pitch Perfect 2 and while I’d love to write one up for The Last Five Years, I’m afraid I’m too much of a YES to nitpick about this beautiful trailer. Plus, snap/blind judgements that come from trailers don’t work as well when the film’s already been seen and reviewed. Case in point: Nathaniel already reviewed it back at Toronto. back in Toronto.
Anna sings twice after the jump...
So, while offering up this new trailer below (feel free to YES/NO/MAYBE SO it yourselves and/or wonder aloud with me whether Jordan’s singing is sidelined because the trailer openly acknowledges the fact that the score’s strongest songs belong to Cathy), I also wanted to share Kendrick’s rendition of “On the Steps of the Palace” which Disney has been sneak peeking for a while. They finally went ahead and released the full song surely hoping to drum up further business for the film’s soundtrack which is out tomorrow now over at iTunes!
Will you be listening to this recording nonstop until the film arrives, or are you of the mind that recordings are what one listens to after one has seen a film/production?
If Kendrick were to be cast in another full-length musical adaptation, what would you like to see her tackle? After that Kennedy Center Honors performance, I can’t quite shake the idea of casting her as Charity Hope Valentine.