Tyra Banks Says She Only Wore Weaves BeforeCoyote UglyHairdresser Introduced Her to Lace-Front Wigs

Mar. 15, 2025

Tyra Banks.Photo:Touchstone/Kobal/Shutterstock; River Callaway/Variety via Getty

Touchstone/Kobal/Shutterstock; River Callaway/Variety via Getty

Tyra Bankslearned an important beauty lesson while filmingCoyote Ugly.

At the 2000 movie’s 25th anniversary screening on Wednesday, Feb. 26, Banks, 51, recalled being introduced to lace-front wigs for the first time on set. Fellow cast members Maria Bello, Melanie Lynskey and Izabella Miko were in attendance, while Bridget Moynahan and Piper Perabo appeared via video call.

“The hairdresser onCoyote Uglyshowed me what a lace-front was,” said the former supermodel. “I don’t know what the hell that was. I used to wear weaves. And he pulled out this dark black lace-front and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s cute.'”

PerAllure, lace-front wigs are “typically human-hair made, with a closure (a hairpiece that looks like your natural scalp) sewn on the unit’s crown that can only be parted one or two ways in the front.”

At the Los Angeles screening, which benefitted the Global Empowerment Mission LA Wildfire Relief Mission, Banks also shared that she tore her meniscus while rehearsing dance routines for the movie.

“I tore my meniscus in rehearsal, stomping so damn hard,” she recalled. “I see it like [it was] yesterday, the main rehearsal room that we were in. I tore my meniscus. To this day I gotCoyote Uglyup on my right knee.”

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The cast of ‘Coyote Ugly.'.Patrick Demarchelier/Touchstone/Kobal/Shutterstock

Patrick Demarchelier/Touchstone/Kobal/Shutterstock

While the cast didn’t discuss a reboot at the anniversary screening, in 2020, Banks confirmed that aCoyote Uglysequelwas in the works.

“We were supposed to be on a call today, and I’m talking to you and I can’t talk to them,” she continued. “Yes, we are talking about trying to doCoyote Ugly 2or a series.”

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Banks also reflected on her audition for the role.

“For my audition forCoyote Ugly, they asked me what song I wanted to play,” she told Clarkson. “I was like, ‘OK, I’ll take Prince’s ‘Kiss.’ … They push play. I’m in this huge hotel room, all these casting people lined up looking at me. And I’m dancing. I’m head whipping.”

She continued, “The whole song I ended up dancing. Then after I’m out of breath, and then they all just started laughing. They’re like, ‘We are so sorry, but we were enjoying that so much, we kept the music going.'”

source: people.com