I said she was from Mississippi because thereвЂ™s a lot of people that come to Los Angeles, they migrate. MJB: A lot of it was AdamвЂ™s direction because I just didnвЂ™t want to make it Mary. How much of the role was you and how much came from AdamвЂ™s direction? IвЂ™m still working on my acting, but as far as what I do, the singing, and that drama and stuff like that, it was perfect. MJB: It was perfect because I didnвЂ™t have to carry a film. How comfortable were you in that you werenвЂ™t the lead? MJB: вЂLove is a BattlefieldвЂ™ is one of them and I love вЂShadows of the Night.вЂ™ I love Bonnie TylerвЂ™s вЂTotal Eclipse of the Heart.вЂ™ I went out and bought that record. When we were kids we would sing вЂLove is a BattlefieldвЂ™ from the top of our lungs. We had WABC and WNBC when I was 5 years old. I was exposed to soft rock as well because we didnвЂ™t have Hot 97 and WBLS.

My father is a musician and he had the Eagles albums and things like that. ThatвЂ™s how I got exposed to Journey and Pat Benatar, Axel Rose from Guns n Roses. MJB: It was fun for me because growing up MTV was the only music station in the 80s. How much was it for you to sing these songs of the 80s? I worked even harder because he believed in me that I could do this. Six months later he shows up with this script for Justice. Mary J, Blige: We, me and Adam Shankman, were at a housewarming party (for Jennifer Lopez) and hanging out and he kept saying that he would put me in a movie.

The musical centers on two people who meet at the Sunset Strip club Rock of Ages, fall in love and try to stay together amid вЂ™80s rock anthems.ДЇor Blige, who plays Justice Charlier, a strip club owner, the Grammy-Award winning artist gets to sing not one, but a couple of songs she grew up listening to, вЂ Harden My HeartвЂ™ and вЂ Anyway You Want It.вЂ™Д«lige, whoвЂ™s also appeared in Tyler PerryвЂ™s I Can Do Bad All by Myself, spoke recently at a press conference to promote the film and spoke about her experience on the set. The musical features songs from Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry, Poison and Asia, among other well-known rock bands from the 1980s.

Blige, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Alex Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Malin Akerman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Russell Brand, and Paul Giamatti.Дirected by Adam Shankman, and based on the theater production, вЂ Rock of AgesвЂ™ is a musical built around classic rock hits from the 1980s, especially from the famous glam metal bands of the decade. Coming out this week (June 15) is the hilarious music film Rock of Ages, starring Tom Cruise, Mary J.

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