LeAnn Rimes shed ‘America’s Sweetheart’ image in sexy ‘Coyote Ugly’ cameo role

LeAnn Rimes is reflecting on how she shed her “America’s Sweetheart” image and embraced her sexuality after showing as herself in “Ugly Coyote”

The singer and actress, who rose to fame on the age of 13 in 1996 with the success of her hit music “Blue,” was simply 17 when she filmed a cameo in “Coyote Ugly.”

In the finale of the 2000 musical drama, Rimes, who was clad in a low-cut, backless crop prime with snakeskin leather-based pants, carried out a duet of the movie’s theme music, “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” with lead actress Piper Perabo whereas dancing on the counter of the film’s titular bar.

During a Wednesday look on “Good Morning America,” the two-time Grammy Award winner recalled that her iconic cameo marked a turning level in her profession.

“That was kind of my introduction to sexiness and sex sells,” Rimes, now 43he mentioned.

“I mean really, I was ‘America’s Sweetheart’ until they put me on a bar, and then it was all over,” she continued. “So I mean I was just like, ‘What do I do?'”

“I know what to do now on a bar but back then that was just really good editing,” Rimes joked. “Really good editing.”

The movie follows shy aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford, who strikes to New York City to pursue her desires and finally ends up working at a wild bar referred to as “Coyote Ugly.”

At the bar, the feminine bartenders, referred to as “Coyotes,” pour drinks whereas dancing on the counter and whipping the group right into a high-energy frenzy.

Rimes rose to fame on the age of 13 and gained two Grammy Awards the next yr. (Jon Levy)

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“Coyote Ugly” grew to become a field workplace hit, raking in $113 million worldwide and later achieved cult basic standing.

“Can’t Fight the Moonlight,” which was written by Diane Warren and recorded by Rimes, reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“I mean really, I was ‘America’s Sweetheart’ until they put me on a bar and then it was all over.”

—LeAnn Rimes

Rimes just lately recreated “Coyote Ugly’s” well-known ultimate scene on the Coyote Ugly Saloon Nashville in a video that she shared on Instagram Feb. 20.

Rimes carried out a duet of Can’t Fight the Moonlight” with Piper Perabo while dancing on a bar counter in “Coyote Ugly.” (Buena Vista Pictures)

In the clip, Rimes lip-synced “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” while dancing on the counter alongside her “9-1-1 Nashville” castmates Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Jessica Capshaw, Mackenzie Porter, Hailey Kilgore and Juani Feliz.

“Nashville, can we serve water in this bar…,” Rimes wrote in the caption, referring to one of many film’s well-known traces.

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“Somebody name the 113 as your ladies had just a little enjoyable of their very own in between filming #coyoteugly #cantfightthemoonlight #911nashville @911nashville,” she added. “Big thanks @coyoteuglysaloonnash for having us and to the bada– girls for instructing us some strikes!”

Rimes and her “9-1-1: Nashville” co-stars recently recreated the iconic scene. (Jason Kempin)

While appearing on “Good Morning America,” Rimes shared the story behind her viral post.

“Coyote Ugly will ceaselessly dwell on. It’s 26 years since we shot this film, and I used to be 17 and like all the women, all of us grew up collectively,” she said, referring to her co-stars in the procedural drama.

“They all grew up with this film, and it was my concept to take them all the way down to the bar in Nashville,” Rimes continued. “I had a gaggle textual content and everybody was like, ‘Let’s go. I’ve been eager to go to the bar ceaselessly.’ They had been so excited.”

Rimes beforehand opened up about probably the most stunning second that she remembered from filming her cameo.

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Rimes previously revealed that she wore chicken cutlets in her top while filming “Coyote Ugly.” (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

“The hen cutlets that that they had me put in my prime. There you go,” Rimes informed Entertainment Tonight in 2018.

“I’m 17. My mother was very blissful that it was the one bar I used to be dancing on. That she knew of. Thanks, Mom,” Rimes joked. “And so actually they [said] you are gonna dance on a bar they usually’re like, ‘Here’s your outfit. Here’s your hen cutlets.’ …I imply, actually, I’m like, ‘What do I do with these? ‘How do I put these in?’ I had no concept. That’s what I bear in mind.”

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Rimes additionally shared her ideas on “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” after together with a brand new rendition of the music on her EP “Re-Imagined,“released in June 2018.

“Oh my God. What’s so loopy concerning the music was it grew to become a world success. It was primary in 11 nations. I believe it was,” she mentioned.

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“It did nothing in the States,” Rimes continued. “It got here again round virtually two years later after which was a prime 20 hit in the States.”

“I do not know, it is bizarre how the universe works,” she added. “Weird how issues come again round. I by no means anticipated it. You simply by no means know what’s gonna hit. It actually is loopy how profitable this was.”

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