{"id":456,"date":"2015-10-23T03:08:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T03:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/?p=456"},"modified":"2015-10-23T03:08:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T03:08:21","slug":"idina-menzel-my-son-is-my-bodyguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/idina-menzel-my-son-is-my-bodyguard\/","title":{"rendered":"Idina Menzel: My son is my bodyguard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Idina Menzel&#8217;s five-year-old son is still getting used to the fame which has come with Frozen.<\/p>\n<p>Idina Menzel&#8217;s son got &#8220;very annoyed&#8221; with Frozen fans who approached her on Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>The star voices the character of Elsa in the hit Disney movie, which won the best animated feature and best original song [with Let It Go] Oscars earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The flick has introduced Idina to a new generation, as before she was best known for her work on Broadway. That&#8217;s been hard for her five-year-old son Walker to understand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh yes, he&#8217;s seen it several times. But at Halloween, when we were trick or treating, he was very annoyed when lots of little girls who love Elsa came up and wanted a picture. He was like the best bodyguard ever, and would just shout at them to go away,&#8221; she laughed to British magazine Hello! &#8220;He just wanted his time with his mom and they were not going to impede on his time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frozen is about a princess who can turn things to ice and her sister Anna, and Idina is a big fan of the story. She believes it speaks to people on a deep level, which is why it was such a massive hit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frozen is so much about embracing that power that may be scary but once we harness it, we can really do something extraordinary with it,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s one thing to have success, but to have success with things that really resonate with people is incredible. I&#8217;ve thankfully had that many times; the first was Rent, as that spoke to a generation, another was Wicked and now Frozen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The star performed Let It Go at the Academy Awards earlier this year, but it wasn&#8217;t easy. She was nervous enough to begin with, but when John Travolta famously fluffed the pronunciation of her name, it really added to things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was so nervous to be up there in front of people I admire so much. I could see Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Amy Adams, who&#8217;s a friend of mine and likes to sing songs from Wicked with me, so I tried to think of that. I&#8217;m a creature of the theatre and am used to singing the same songs every single day, so having to do something as a one-off is scarier for me&#8230; Then the thing with John Travolta happened and that took me out of it for a good eight seconds. I was like, &#8216;What just happened?'&#8221; she recalled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idina Menzel&#8217;s five-year-old son is still getting used to the fame which has come with Frozen. Idina Menzel&#8217;s son got &#8220;very annoyed&#8221; with Frozen fans who approached her on Halloween. 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