"While talking to USAToday, director Bill Condon spoke about his leading ladies Beyonc? Knowles & Anika Non-i Rose.

Beyonc? didn't shy away from showing Deena's ambition and a little bit of cunning."" ?Dreamgirls director Bill Condon

Talk about destiny fulfilled. Knowles has known she was born to portray Deena, the ambitious lead of The Dreams, since she was 15. That's when she first heard about the 1981 Tony winner Dreamgirls from her choreographer, Frank Gaston Jr.

""He's been telling me about it forever. When I found they were doing it as a movie musical, I was like, 'OK, I have to take a deep breath. This is my movie. I'm Deena. I have to play this part.' ""

As an actress, Knowles, 24, has shone in comedies such as Austin Powers in Goldmember, but no one knew whether she could tackle drama. One look at her screen test and the filmmakers realized they found their Deena.

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