Is Reese Witherspoon actually singing in Sing?
John Thompson
Updated on January 15, 2026
Witherspoon learned to sing for her role as June Carter Cash in Walk the Line, which chronicles country music legend Johnny Cash's life. "I've never sung before professionally," she said on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. "We practiced. We did six months of voice lessons, and then we recorded an album over six months.
Did Reese Witherspoon do her own singing in Sing?
Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon share vocal secrets behind 'Sing' Director Garth Jennings says it had to be the A-list actors' own vocals for the movie about animated animals who compete in a singing competition: "There's much more rooting interest knowing the actors are really doing this."Is Scarlett Johansson actually singing in Sing?
Clearly, the band needed some convincing to allow for their music to be used in Sing 2. Enter Scarlett Johansson. Bono shared a recording of Johansson singing their song “Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of.” (Johansson plays a porcupine named Ash in Sing and Sing 2.) Apparently, that recording changed everything.Did Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon do their own singing in Walk the Line?
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon performed all of the songs themselves, without being dubbed. They also learned to play their instruments (guitar and auto-harp, respectively) from scratch.Who is Ash's singing voice in Sing?
Songs PerformedAsh is a female crested porcupine who is one of the main characters in the movie Sing. She is voiced by Scarlett Johansson.