ARGENTINA MADONNA CHEERED BY quotEVITAquot MOVIE EXTRAS

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(10 Mar 1996) Natural Sound • • Madonna, earlier rejected by Argentina's president as unsuitable to portray legendary first lady Eva Peron, was cheered by thousands of movie extras Sunday. • • Madonna stood on the balcony Peron made famous and sang Don't Cry for me, Argentina. • • Below, on the Plaza de Mayo, some 4,000 extras responded with cheers of Evita, Evita. • • It was a moment that many watching will not easily forget - Madonna appeared on the famed Government House balcony to sing Don't cry for me Argentina . • • The Plaza de Mayo, which faces the Government House was sealed off for the filming of the movie version of the musical Evita . • • The balcony scenes recreated a famous 1952 speech in which Evita, dying of cancer, tells an adoring crowd she cannot accept their wish that she be Peron's vice presidential candidate in the upcoming elections. • • Jonathan Pryce plays Juan Peron and he, too, was cheered loudly by the extras. • • Filming was scheduled for the entire night. • • Permission to film on the famed Government House balcony was first refused and then granted by President Carlos Menem. • • He originally described Madonna as totally unsuitable to play the woman many Argentines consider a saint. • • But if the response to her performance is anything to go by, Madonna has won over her critics... at least those being paid a film extra's salary! • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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