This yr, on the D23 Expo, a slew of stars had been honored on the Disney Legends Awards, and had been inducted as the category of 2024.
The honorees had 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 a couple of of the evening’s honorees in regards to the large celebration.
Talking with Curtis, the actress mirrored on her musical speech she gave whereas being honored on the expo gala.
“I was just in the moment and in the moment I was gonna recite the lyrics to the song 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 almost six many years.
“The Carousel of Progress blew my mind as a little kid,” Curtis added. “Today, we would look at that animatronic stuff, and it’s a little rough, but the song is like an [earworm], it gets in your head.”
ET additionally spoke with Ripa, who was past excited to be part of such an enormous honor.
“I never thought of myself as somebody who had imposter syndrome until I stood up there and you’re looking at Harrison Ford and Angela Bassett and and just everyone,” Ripa shared. “It was beyond my wildest dreams.”
As Ripa defined, Disney has “given me everything.”
“My employment, of course, but my husband, my children, everything!” she added. “Everything stems from Disney.”
Bassett, in the meantime, defined how the occasion — and seeing the popularity for each your self and your fellow recipients — will be very transferring.
“You get caught up in your throat a little bit and your eyes a little bit, you know, seeing everyone else’s journey and how inspirational they are, and have been to you,” Bassett shared. “Yeah, you get overwhelmed a little bit.”
“You’re like, ‘Oh my god, how could I stand with them?’ And then you see your life projected on screen and you go, ‘OK, OK, I did that. OK,'” she added. “Now forget about that and go to work tomorrow.”
Some of the iconic stars honored as a Disney Legend was iconic puppeteer, actor and filmmaker Frank Oz — greatest identified for his work with The Muppets and his puppet appearing within the Star Wars franchise, most notably his work as Yoda.
“Well, you know, I’m just a regular guy,” Oz instructed ET on Sunday, “who, after this, is going to take off my tie and I’m just gonna, you know, put on my pajamas and have a bowl of cereal.”
“So I, you know, I don’t do it for legend or rewards and stuff, I do it because I love my work,” Oz added. “So when you get something like this, it’s hard to process.”
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