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Broadway Genie Michael James Scott Talks Performing the Opening Number for DWTS Disney Night | THR Video
The Hollywood Reporter
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10/23/2024
Michael James Scott dishes on performing the opening number to kick off 'Dancing With the Stars' Disney Night. Plus, he shares who he is rooting for in the dance competition.
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So I have to ask, how did it feel to be the opening number?
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It was a true dream come true, really.
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I mean, to be able to get to do the opening
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number of Disney night on Dancing with the Stars,
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it's their biggest night, it was a true dream come true.
00:14
I got to bring Aladdin on Broadway to the ballroom floor
00:19
and choreographed by the legendary Mandy Moore, which
00:23
was just insane.
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And she really infused and was inspired
00:27
by our amazing legendary choreographer, Casey
00:30
Nicholaw, and his work.
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And then she did her Mandy thing to it.
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And it was really like Dancing with the Stars
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doing this version and this number.
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And the marrying of it all was just a dream come true.
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And the dance, like the prose, the judges,
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everyone was just so amazing.
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The hosts, you know, everyone's just,
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it's been an incredible, incredible night.
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And is there anyone on the cast so far
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that you're rooting for to win the Mirror Ball?
00:56
Ooh, I'm, it's a great cast this year.
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Like, it's such a, and there's like so many,
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like, people are like, they're on their teams.
01:04
I love me some Alana.
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I love, like, she's, she's just like everything.
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I love her.
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I love me some Phaedra Parks.
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Like, you know, there's so many.
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Joey is so awesome.
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Like, I could keep going.
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I feel like they all have their like, their things.
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But I think those, those three really like stand out for me.
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And I've been like, really like,
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I'm like, y'all do this.
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It's, it's, it's amazing to watch.
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Yeah, and there's a lot of top contenders here.
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I mean, I can't even pick one.
01:33
Right, as I was gonna ask you,
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who do you think is gonna win?
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Like, I don't know.
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People have asked me that and I'm like,
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I feel like, like, I don't know.
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Like, you know, certain years you're like,
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oh, they're gonna win.
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Or like, they're gonna win.
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I'm like, I don't know.
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Like, but I'm excited to see,
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to see these next couple of weeks.
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Because this is where it cranks up.
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Like, it's happening.
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And I know you play Genie on Broadway, correct?
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Okay, but I'm wondering, growing up,
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who was your, was Genie your favorite Disney character?
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Or who was your favorite Disney character?
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Oh gosh, listen, the Genie,
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the Genie's in his own category.
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So for me, it's obviously a special,
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it has a special place in my heart.
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But I will say, there is something about like,
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you know, like the old school,
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like, I love me like a Ursula.
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I love, I love Ursula.
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I love, I love like Mufasa, you know, like I loved,
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I love that.
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I also love me some Pocahontas.
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I love me some Pocahontas.
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That music is amazing.
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It would be fun to sort of see a, you know,
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maybe a new version of Pocahontas and, you know,
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and addressing some of the amazing things
02:43
for our Native American community
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and like what that could do.
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I just think it would be a wonderful thing to redo
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and to relive and bring back,
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to honor that amazing community,
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because it's just so, it's, I could,
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I loved it because I connected to the music so much.
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So now I'm like, we're onto something
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about this Pocahontas now.
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Which brings me to my next question.
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I mean, I was going to ask,
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what Disney movie would you have wanted to see redone?
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Is that Pocahontas?
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I think it's Pocahontas.
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I really do.
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Because it was so, the music was so good.
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And there's such a,
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there's a really interesting base story.
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So I think honoring specifically
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our Native American communities
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and like what that is, like, you know,
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the indigenous people of our country
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and what, how that is,
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I think would be a really cool honor for them
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and a rebirth of a Disney movie
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that I think deserves that.
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I love that.
03:40
Thank you so much for speaking with us today.
03:42
Yes, of course.
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Thank you for having us.
03:44
Of course.
03:47
Bye.
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