Beyoncé Lost The Role Of Disney's First Animated Black Princess Because She Refused To Audition

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While Alicia Keys auditioned 3 times for "The Princess and the Frog," Beyoncé refused to audition for the role that ultimately went to Anika Noni Rose.

Former Walt Disney employee, Jen Rudin, has written a book titled “Confessions of a Casting Director.”

While the book hits shelves in December, the NY Post spoke with Rudin this week, who revealed the strange celebrity requests she received while working at Disney.

“William Shatner always needed fresh sushi, Kiefer Sutherland needed a cigarette and In-N-Out Burger,” she told the Post. “Rosie O’Donnell needed chicken of some sort. Elaine Stritch, she had to have hard-boiled eggs and skimmed cappuccino. Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson, one of them were vegan or macrobiotic. It was unique.”

But Rudin says that casting for 2009's "The Princess and the Frog" — Disney's first animated film centered around a Black princess — was an especially difficult task given the divas who wanted the role.