Rosario Dawson’s starring role in Disney+’s Ahsoka, premiering Aug. 22 and based on a character from Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars, is not her first time bringing an animated figure to life — she played bassist Valerie Brown in Universal-MGM’s Josie and the Pussycats, the directorial debut of Can’t Hardly Wait screenwriters Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan.
Based on the Archie Comics series that spawned the 1970s cartoon, the 2001 film centers on a female pop-rock group plucked from obscurity in Riverdale. Tara Reid, then 24, was cast first as drummer Melody Valentine following her turn in American Pie. Rachael Leigh Cook (She’s All That), 19, nabbed the part of frontwoman Josie McCoy over Zooey Deschanel and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
For Val, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds — who produced the gold-selling soundtrack — encouraged the filmmakers to consider a music star, and Aaliyah, TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Beyoncé were among those to audition.
Based on the Archie Comics series that spawned the 1970s cartoon, the 2001 film centers on a female pop-rock group plucked from obscurity in Riverdale. Tara Reid, then 24, was cast first as drummer Melody Valentine following her turn in American Pie. Rachael Leigh Cook (She’s All That), 19, nabbed the part of frontwoman Josie McCoy over Zooey Deschanel and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
For Val, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds — who produced the gold-selling soundtrack — encouraged the filmmakers to consider a music star, and Aaliyah, TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Beyoncé were among those to audition.
- 8/22/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Josie and the Pussycats. Long tails and ears for hats. They're the band we need back, stat. (Josie and the Pussycaaaaaaaaaaattts!)
Hurry, hurry! On Riverdale Season 5 Episode 15, the spin-off could be live. A promising show to see survive.
Stealing scenes, making hits. Come on, CW, make this your pick!
Josie and the Pussycats deserved all the redemption that Riverdale had to offer and more.
If you've been with me since Riverdale Season 1, you'll know that I've chastised the show for its lack of plots for Josie and her feline bandmates. The group mostly served as background players in scenes, random romances, or whenever the show needed a musical number thrown in.
Josie deserved deep and layered plots. Valerie and Melody both deserved the spotlight. And the group should've departed Riverdale as the first spin-off for the series years ago.
Melody: And there you have it. The story of three young women,...
Hurry, hurry! On Riverdale Season 5 Episode 15, the spin-off could be live. A promising show to see survive.
Stealing scenes, making hits. Come on, CW, make this your pick!
Josie and the Pussycats deserved all the redemption that Riverdale had to offer and more.
If you've been with me since Riverdale Season 1, you'll know that I've chastised the show for its lack of plots for Josie and her feline bandmates. The group mostly served as background players in scenes, random romances, or whenever the show needed a musical number thrown in.
Josie deserved deep and layered plots. Valerie and Melody both deserved the spotlight. And the group should've departed Riverdale as the first spin-off for the series years ago.
Melody: And there you have it. The story of three young women,...
- 9/9/2021
- by Justin Carreiro
- TVfanatic
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