This 12 months, 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 Heart in Anaheim for the large occasion, and spoke with just a few of the night time’s honorees in regards to the massive celebration.
Talking with Curtis, the actress mirrored on her musical speech she gave whereas being honored on the expo gala.
“I used to be simply within the second and within the second I used to be gonna recite the lyrics to the track 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 practically six many years.
“The Carousel of Progress blew my thoughts as just a little child,” Curtis added. “As we speak, we might have a look at that animatronic stuff, and it is just a little tough, however the track is like an [earworm], it will get in your head.”
ET additionally spoke with Ripa, who was past excited to be part of such a giant honor.
“I by no means considered myself as any individual who had imposter syndrome till I stood up there and also you’re Harrison Ford and Angela Bassett and and simply everybody,” Ripa shared. “It was past my wildest goals.”
As Ripa defined, Disney has “given me all the pieces.”
“My employment, in fact, however my husband, my kids, all the pieces!” she added. “All the pieces stems from Disney.”
Bassett, in the meantime, defined how the occasion — and seeing the popularity for each your self and your fellow recipients — could be very transferring.
“You get caught up in your throat just a little bit and your eyes just a little bit, you understand, seeing everybody else’s journey and the way inspirational they’re, and have been to you,” Bassett shared. “Yeah, you get overwhelmed just a little bit.”
“You are like, ‘Oh my god, how may I stand with them?’Â And then you definitely see your life projected on display screen and also you go, ‘OK, OK, I did that. OK,'” she added. “Now neglect about that and go to work tomorrow.”
One of the iconic stars honored as a Disney Legend was iconic puppeteer, actor and filmmaker Frank Oz — greatest recognized for his work with The Muppets and his puppet appearing within the Star Wars franchise, most notably his work as Yoda.
“Nicely, you understand, I am only a common man,” Oz informed ET on Sunday, “who, after this, goes to take off my tie and I am simply gonna, you understand, placed on my pajamas and have a bowl of cereal.”
“So I, you understand, I do not do it for legend or rewards and stuff, I do it as a result of I like my work,” Oz added. “So whenever you get one thing like this, it is exhausting to course of.”
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