Lin-Manuel Miranda and ‘Encanto’ Star on Why ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Wasn’t the Right Choice for Oscars

We need to talk about Bruno, even if “Encanto” won’t!Chart-topping song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” is not the official 2022 Oscars submission for the Disney film, and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda is just fine with that.“I’m still proud of ‘Dos Oruguitas’ as the submission,” Miranda told Variety.

“When those are the parameters, you have to pick the thing that best exemplifies the spirit of the movie, and it contains all of it inside this song — as opposed to a journey of a particular character.

It’s the foundational story, but I’m not going to say it wasn’t hard [to choose].”The decision to nominate “Dos Oruguitas” over “Bruno” was required by November 1, when the animated film had not yet opened in theaters.

However, the soundtrack was already making waves.

The “Encanto” album spent five weeks at No.

1 on the Billboard charts, with “We Don’t Talk

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