Aaliyah, a multimillionselling, precociously sultry rhythmandblues singer and actress, died on saturday in the crash of a small airplane, the associated press reported. Aaliyah plays the titular vamp, queen akasha, who used to reign over the vampire race and now wants to spend eternity with the rakish bloodsucker lestat stuart townsend at her side. The queen of the damned was aaliyahs second film one of the last films made by singer and actress aaliyah has been finished using her brothers voice after she died during filming. This is a behind the scenes look at the life of the deceased legendary rnb star aaliyah dana haughton. January 16, 1979 august 25, 2001 was an american singer, actress, and model. Movies the makers of queen of the damned try to honor aaliyah and cope with a. Damned, aaliyahs family has told time magazine that in february the late singer. Aaliyah dana haughton was born january 16, 1979, in brooklyn, and named after a swahili word meaning most exalted one. Weirdly, i dont remember who supposedly took her role in queen of the damned. Singer and actress aaliyah dana haughton was born on january 16, 1979. Queen of the damned is a 2002 horror film directed by michael rymer, loosely based on the.
Rymer remembered her doing hard work to perfect the role, as she worked closely with an. The vampire lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the queen of all vampires. In the film, aaliyah plays a 6,000yearold egyptian vampire named akasha. Aaliyah, whose soaring career was cut short by a tragedy. She was the worlds first vampire, and an immensely sadistic megalomaniac with a desire to conquer the earth and rule over the vampires of the world. The whole incident was pretty seedy according to billboard, the plane was carrying more passengers than it was certified to carry, it was overloaded by about 700 pounds, and. Aaliyah was the biggest star of the film and as michael rymer claimed, people went to see her. Born in brooklyn, aaliyah haughton was moved to detroit at an early age, where her parents provided her with a vocal instructor before she was even old enough to attend school.
Inside the plane crash that took aaliyahs life biography. Why did tom cruise not play lestat in queen of the damned. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The decision was made early to substantially rewrite the plot, and to base most of the movie on the third book. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the queen of the damned the vampire chronicles, book 3. As a longtime fan of the books who finally got around to watching this i stayed away for years on account of the bad press this film received, i have to say that i was quite pleased well, at least not completely put off with the way the film was being presented, changes and condensations and all, right up until aaliyahakasha came out. Marsh harbour, abaco island, bahamas cause of death. Did aaliyahs brother finish queen of the damned for her. Her career began in 1994 with the release of her first album age aint nothing but a number. The pair shot the video in mount vernon and yonkers, dmx stating i got to bring aaliyah to the hood. Akasha queen of the damned the female villains wiki. A pall hangs over the proceedings anyway, since this is the wellpublicized last appearance of the singer aaliyah, who died in 2001 in a plane crash.
Also in 2001, she played the title role in queen of the damned, based on the. She was rocking the charts with her selftitled aaliyah album, a more mature sound from the. I will be there, were cleopatra and the pharaoes lived. In an interview with vibe that took place at a bowling alley just months before she died, aaliyah said that after the interview she would. Australian born michael rymer, famous for the battlestar galactica tv series, took on the role. She was set to star in honey, but the role went to jessica alba after the singer died. The one in a million singer boarded a twinengine cessna 402b plane at an airport in the abaco islands of the bahamas after filming a music video for her hit single, rock the boat. Queen of the damned 48 movie clip queen akasha arrives 2002 hd duration. Aaliyah, who plays a 6,000 yearold egyptian vampire named akasha in the queen of the damned, had all but finished her role when she died in a plane crash in the bahamas. I mean no disrespect towards aaliyah and to her fanbase. Joann and wb baron worked with her on the set for queen of the damned. After months of speculation regarding the fate of the film the queen of the. Vampire chronicles and the second feature film based on those books.
Aaliyahs acting career was just starting to take off before she died at age 22. Death before the end aaliyah is latest actor to have movie. Last saturday august 25, 2001 she died with the age of 22 killed in a plane crash on the. Aaliyah started to work on the album in 1998, but rescheduled its recording around her developing film career. A few weeks before she died, singer and actress aaliyah described a dream. After filming for the movie was finished, aaliyah joined dmx in recording and shooting the visuals for the song back in one piece. The queen of the damned the vampire chronicles, book 3 kindle edition by rice, anne. But died before she could finish them and was replaced by jada pinkettsmith. The selftitled album aaliyah, released in july 2001, debuted at number 2 on the us charts and sold over 2.
Aaliyah boarded what would become her final flight on august 25, 2001 at 6. Born in brooklyn and raised in detroit, she first gained recognition at the age of 10, when she appeared on the television show star search and performed in concert alongside gladys knight. Aaliyah dana haughton was an american singer, actress, and model. Aaliyah with stuart townsend in queen of the damned. She resumed recording in 2000 at sing sing studios in australia, where she shot her role for the 2002 film queen of the damned during the day and recorded songs at night. Did rihannas ama look remind anyone else of aaliyah in. It is a really, really bad movie adaptation of the novel. Aaliyah was an american singer best known for her album age aint nothing but a number. Aaliyah was in the bahamas filming a video for her new single, rock the boat, when a twinengined plane carrying her and staff from her record company, virgin, crashed. Aaliyah was an american singer, best known for her debut album age aint nothing but a number which sold three million copies in. At the age of 12, aaliyah signed with jive records and her uncle barry hankerson. An alternate cover edition can be found here in 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the nowclassic interview with the vampire. Aaliyah, 22, singer who first hit the charts at 14 the.
Aaliyah did an interview in paris just weeks before she died and she talked about all of her dreams that she wanted to fulfill. Aaliyah had not intended for her albums to have such a gap between them. Before aaliyah would be the child bride of r kelly and would rise to the top of the music and film industry she sadly left this world far too early. While we didnt immediately see the resemblance when rihanna first set foot inside the 20 american music awards, she posed a certain way and bam. In 2001, pop singer aaliyah haughton was truly a star on the rise. Aaliyah dana haughton january 16, 1979 august 25, 2001 was an american recording artist and actress aaliyah was born in brooklyn, new york, and raised in detroit, michigan. Her third album, aaliyah, was released in july 2001 and reached no. The radiant 21yearold singeractress was killed in the crash of a small plane last. Was it just because that aaliyah died suddenly that the movie did well at the box office. Aaliyahs brother steps in to finish her lines in vampire. Neil jordan, the director of interview with the vampire, did not go on to direct queen of the damned.
It was about flying, the feeling of freedom and weightlessness and about the fear to fail. Aaliyah seemed destined for a long career, blessed with a gorgeous voice, immense talent, and the right people on her side. She had also been cast in both of the sequels to the matrix, which she had started shooting in l. Compared to interview with a vampire, queen of the damned doesnt come to close. Just two weeks before her untimely death, aaliyah was hanging out with her boyfriend, rocafella records mogul damon dash, in the east hampton, long island home he shared with jayz. Anne rice is also the author of the interview with the vampire.
Aaliyahs brother steps in to finish her lines in vampire flick mtv. Following her impressive debut at age fourteen with the album age aint nothin but a number, aaliyah raised the bar with her hugely influential and bestselling followup, one in a million. Queen of the damned was her second and last feature film, but. Aaliyahs brotherrashad talks about her last film queen. Through her recording contract with blackground, the singer worked primarily with the record labels inhouse crew. Before her death aaliyah was cast in the sequels of the matrix as the. With aaliyah, stuart townsend, marguerite moreau, vincent perez. The queen of the damned the vampire chronicles, book 3. Knowing what little time they had left, despite the fact theyve had the rights and opportunity to make the latter two movies for over seven years, warner bros. When singeractress aaliyah died in a plane accident in august of 2001. Queen of the damned is a 2002 horror film directed by michael rymer, loosely based on the third novel of anne rices the vampire chronicles series, the queen of the damned 1988, although the film contains many plot elements from the novels predecessor the vampire lestat. The matrix reloaded but died before filming was completed.
If i had a time machine i would visit the ancient egypt. Aaliyah simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Was queen of the damned a hit because of aaliyahs death. See more ideas about aaliyah, queen of the damned and queen. Singer aaliyah had just finished filming queen of the damned, an adaptation of anne rices gothic horror novel, when she was killed in a plane crash in the bahamas. This is aaliyahs final film completed before her death on august 25, 2001. Her uncle, barry hankerson, was a manager and entertainment lawyer who was married to gladys knight for a time, and her mother, also a singer, enrolled aaliyah in voice lessons before shed even started school. Also in 2001, she played the title role in queen of the damned, based on. Damned, aaliyahs family has told time magazine that in february. The queen of the damned was a movie but first it was a book that was written by the famous author anne rice. She also had a title role in the film queen of the damned, which was released after her death. Critical reception to the film was mixed to negative. She played the role of an ancient vampire, queen akasha, which she described as a manipulative, crazy, sexual being.
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