Patrick Dempsey reveals he’ll sing and dance on screen for the first time in upcoming Enchanted sequel
He’s set to reunite with Amy Adams for a sequel to 2007’s Enchanted.
And Patrick Dempsey has revealed that he’s preparing to do something he’s never done before in the upcoming Disenchanted.
‘I will be singing for the first time,’ he told Variety, adding: ‘I’ve never ever sung publicly — for a reason.’
A first: Patrick Dempsey has revealed that he’s preparing to do something he’s never done before in the upcoming Disenchanted – sing and dance on screen
Dempsey, 55, said he hopes fans will ’embrace’ his inner music man.
‘They’ve set me up for success and the lyrics are really fun,’ the actor said of the production. ‘The numbers have really great choreography. And the premise is going to be interesting.’
A sequel to Enchanted, which also starred James Marsden and Idina Menzel, has been in the works for a long time.
The movie currently in pre-production will be directed by Adam Shankman and Dempsey promises that it’s all coming together.
In the works: The actor, 55, is reuniting with Amy Adams for the sequel to their 2007 hit Enchanted and the movie currently in pre-production will be directed by Adam Shankman
‘Every year they were like, ‘We’re going to do this. It’s going to get done,’ but then no one could agree on the script,’ he explained to Variety.
‘It’s such an important film for them and it’s a satire. It’s not a typical Disney movie. It’s kind of off-brand a little bit,’ he said. ‘Yet we give honor to all of those Disney movies that have come before and they finally now have figured it out. And we’re old enough, so it’s like a midlife crisis movie.’
He added: ‘To work with everybody again after 14 years is just really exciting. We need some escapism right now. We need those romantic comedies and those musicals to get people out of the doldrums that we’re in.’
Music man: ‘They’ve set me up for success and the lyrics are really fun,’ Dempsey said of the production. ‘The numbers have really great choreography. And the premise is going to be interesting’
Meanwhile, Dempsey delighted his fans with a surprise appearance in Grey’s Anatomy last week.
He returned to the show that made him famous and earned him the nickname ‘McDreamy’ for an end of arc conclusion to his character Derek’s long-running relationship with Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith.
The show had the pair finally getting to exchange wedding vows on the beach in a dream sequence.
‘I thought it was a beautiful way to close it,’ Dempsey said. ‘The intention was to really give people some hope because they are such an iconic couple.’
‘It was a beautiful ending to this story. I’m so grateful that I did it and happy that the fans really loved it.’
Back together: Meanwhile, Dempsey delighted his fans with a surprise appearance in Grey’s Anatomy last week for an end of arc conclusion to his character Derek’s long-running relationship with Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith
Sweet: ‘I thought it was a beautiful way to close it,’ Dempsey said. ‘The intention was to really give people some hope because they are such an iconic couple’