5 surprising “I never knew they could sing!” moments

Just because one can act doesn’t mean one can also sing (and vice versa - just because one can entertain a crowd doesn’t mean one can act). These artists shocked us by being able to actually hold a tune and even - on occasion - sound really good doing it…

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Bruce Willis - rowdy blues guy

Ole B Willy sure can rock a phat jam!! He’s got the gravel, the yelling, and the old guy angst down pat. Sure, he might occasionally resort to ’spoken delivery’ (like these guys), drop out of tune just slightly at the end of the odd line, and look kinda awkward when he has to stand there with nothing to do but I’d argue that B Willikers just might have an old-blues-guy gene or two in his make-up…

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Hayden Panettiere - Hendrix cover girl

If you were an avid Disney channel watcher you mighta been one of those who raised an eyebrow when you saw Claire Bear on Heroes, and said: “hey… there’s that chick who sings on that Disney movie” but for most of us, she was an actress first (or rather, a self-mutilating cheerleader) and her singing talents were unknown (not to mention her voice acting talents as Dot in A Bug’s Life and Kairi in Kingdom Hearts 2!).

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Gwyneth Paltrow - smooth cruising gal

Gwynnie is married to a muso but even before she met Chris the cold playa she’d tried her (vocal) hand at a tune or two. In this, her first ‘outing’, she sings a Smokey Robinson number to her onscreen dad whilst being directed by her offscreen dad.

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Christian Bale - english warbling chappie

…and he can dance too (is that what he’s doing in the scene below, at 2:16? xD); obviously he was training for the intense action sequences in Batman Begins. I wonder if there’s going to be a musical number in The Dark Knight? I can totally see Batman breaking into “Bad” during a tense show-down with the Joker…

“…the word is out / you’re doing wrong / gonna lock you up / before too long… Who’s Bad?”

*shudder*… bad memories of Prince’s Batdance video… >_<

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Kiera Knightley - sultry songstress

She can sing! And not too badly at all, either. She injects just the right amount of fragile emotion into this performance to come across like a natural.

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Honourable Mention

It may fall into the “spoken word” category but I’ll bet you never knew McCain could bust a funky jam too, eh?