Can Renée Zellweger Really Sing?
by Ethan Alter If her older brother, Andrew, had had his way, Renée Zellweger probably wouldn’t be headlining Miramax’s eagerly anticipated film adaptation of the classic Broadway musical, Chicago (opening Dec. 27). “He always used to yell ‘Shut up!’ any time I tried to do a rendition of a Beatles song,” Zellweger recalls to TV Guide Online, laughing. “I was told that I couldn’t sing in the house. Anything to abuse his little sister; it was his job and he did a very good job.” Fast-forward 10 years later and Zellweger is knocking ’em dead as Chicago’s merry murderess, Roxie Hart a role that just earned her a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a musical or comedy. How did a performer with no formal vocal or dance training wind up landing one of Hollywood’s most coveted parts? Two words: Rob Marshall, the film’s director. “I needed to find a performer with that amazing range from drama to humor, from vulnerability to likeability,” Marshall explains. “I found someone like that [w
