What’s up?
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and while many celebrities get famous for
one particular talent, some of them have hidden talents you might not know about.
So let’s dive into these celebs who are low key insane dancers!
A lot of our favorite stars are known as actors or singers, but don’t put them in just one
box because many of them are multi-talented!
Starting with Zendaya.
While we know Zendaya as an incredible, Emmy award winning actress, diehard fans know she
actually got her start dancing and singing on Disney Channel.
And as Zendaya has continued to incorporate these skills in films like The Greatest Showman,
her dancing abilities have taken a back seat to more serious acting roles lately.
So in case you needed a little reminder, she’s an incredible dancer and even was runner up
on season 16 of Dancing With The Stars.
Zendaya’s professional partner was Valentin Chmerkovskiy and they received perfect scores
multiple times through the season.
If you ever need a good throwback, just go watch old videos of Zendaya on Dancing With
The Stars, you won’t be disappointed and she’s so good!
But Z isn’t the only celeb who’s shown off their dancing skills on Dancing With The
Stars.
Before he was a chiseled Marvel star, Chris Hemsworth competed in the fifth season of
the Australian version of Dancing With the Stars back in 2006.
At the time, Chris was starring on the Australian soap opera Home and Away and he did well enough
on Dancing With The Stars that he managed to stay in the competition through the majority
of the season.
And while Chris made it far on the dance competition show, in 2017 he told BBC that his Dancing
With The Stars experience actually almost cost him the role of Thor.
“Kevin Feige said that almost lost me the job.”
And Chris explained why Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios, almost didn’t give him
the role.
“A few of the girls started Googling your name and up came this dancing video and I
thought, oh no, Thor dancing, I don’t know, the fans are gonna eat us alive.”
Ok well we’re definitely glad they were able to look past Chris’ dancing past and
give him the role of Thor.
And we’re also glad that now we get to look back on these videos of him dancing.
But Dancing With The Stars isn’t the only celebrity dancing show these days.
The Masked Dancer just aired their first season this year and there were definitely some surprises
under the masks.
While we all knew that Jordin Sparks was an incredible singer, we didn’t realize that
the American Idol winner was also a great dancer.
She was under the Exotic Bird mask and it was a full circle moment for Jordin as Paula
Abdul, who was a judge on her season of American Idol, was also a judge on the Masked Dancer.
And Jordin even surprised herself with her dancing abilities telling TV Insider that
quote, “I realized I can do anything I put my mind to.
That’s an encouraging and beautiful thing to feel when you’ve looked at something
as ‘I wish I could do that.’
Now I did the show, it’s ‘I did that.'”
In her interview Jordin said that while she’d even been made fun of for her dancing in the
past, she wanted to prove to herself and the world that she could do it because she really
loves dancing.
We love that!
And last but not least, we’ve got another Marvel star and co-star of Zendaya’s to
close out this list.
Did you know that Tom Holland started off his career both singing and dancing in musicals?
Tom was cast as the lead role of Billy Elliot in the play Billy Elliot when he was only
8 years old.
And I just have to give a warning before I show this clip that Tom Holland might just
be the cutest 8 year old I’ve ever seen, so your heart may or may not explode.
“It all started, I used to go to a street dance club.
We did a show in white lodge at the ballet school and the headmaster he spotted me.
And he was like you want to audition for Billy Elliot and I was like ah so I was like ok
I’ll go for it.
That’s pretty much how it started”
And if you’ve ever seen or heard of the play Billy Elliot, it’s all about a boy
who falls in love with ballet, despite his father's objection and the negative stereotype
associated with being a male ballet dancer.
So clearly Tom had to be a great dancer to land the lead role!
And in real life, both Tom and his parents were extremely excited about the opportunity.
He told The Richmond Times that quote, ““I was so excited to be cast as Billy.
My mum and dad joke about who I take after.
I’ve seen them both dance and I have to say, there must have been a mix up at the
hospital!”
Die hard fans of Tom Holland know that he’s still got moves to this day
And for a little extra treat, in case you didn’t already know, Tom and Zendaya have
actually danced together before.
You’re welcome.
On that note, just remember that some of your favorite stars have hidden abilities they
don’t always show us in their work.
If you want more on Tom Holland and Zendaya, click right over here for another Clevver
News video.
Also, let us know down in the comments below if you’re surprised by any of these celebrity
dancers and if you’d like to see us dive into more hidden celebrity talents.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr. bye guys!