This yr, on the D23 Expo, a slew of stars have been honored on the Disney Legends Awards, and have been inducted as the category of 2024.
The honorees have been some titans of the Home of Mouse, and included Angela Bassett, James L. Brooks, James Cameron, Kelly Ripa, Jamie Lee Curtis, Miley Cyrus, Harrison Ford, Frank Oz and John Williams, amongst others.
ET’s Cassie DiLaura was on the Honda Middle in Anaheim for the massive occasion, and spoke with just a few of the evening’s honorees concerning the huge celebration.
Talking with Curtis, the actress mirrored on her musical speech she gave whereas being honored on the expo gala.
“I used to be simply within the second and within the second I used to be gonna recite the lyrics to the music of the Carousel of Progress, which was written by the Sherman Brothers — Disney legends themselves,” Curtis defined, referring to the Disney World attraction that has wowed parkgoers for practically six many years.
“The Carousel of Progress blew my thoughts as a bit of child,” Curtis added. “At present, we might take a look at that animatronic stuff, and it is a bit of tough, however the music is like an [earworm], it will get in your head.”
ET additionally spoke with Ripa, who was past excited to be part of such an enormous honor.
“I by no means considered myself as any person who had imposter syndrome till I stood up there and also you’re Harrison Ford and Angela Bassett and and simply everybody,” Ripa shared. “It was past my wildest desires.”
As Ripa defined, Disney has “given me every part.”
“My employment, after all, however my husband, my youngsters, every part!” she added. “All the pieces stems from Disney.”
Bassett, in the meantime, defined how the occasion — and seeing the popularity for each your self and your fellow recipients — might be very transferring.
“You get caught up in your throat a bit of bit and your eyes a bit of bit, you already know, seeing everybody else’s journey and the way inspirational they’re, and have been to you,” Bassett shared. “Yeah, you get overwhelmed a bit of bit.”
“You are like, ‘Oh my god, how might I stand with them?’ And then you definately see your life projected on display and also you go, ‘OK, OK, I did that. OK,'” she added. “Now neglect about that and go to work tomorrow.”
One of the crucial iconic stars honored as a Disney Legend was iconic puppeteer, actor and filmmaker Frank Oz — finest identified for his work with The Muppets and his puppet performing within the Star Wars franchise, most notably his work as Yoda.
“Properly, you already know, I am only a common man,” Oz instructed ET on Sunday, “who, after this, goes to take off my tie and I am simply gonna, you already know, placed on my pajamas and have a bowl of cereal.”
“So I, you already know, I do not do it for legend or rewards and stuff, I do it as a result of I really like my work,” Oz added. “So while you get one thing like this, it is laborious to course of.”
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