Jane is getting her groove back!
Katherine Heigl recreated a key scene from her 2008 movie “27 Dresses” at a 2024 Emmys afterparty in L.A. on Monday night.
Heigl, 45, who attended the ceremony as part of a “Grey’s Anatomy” reunion, took center stage in her long Reem Acre red gown at the afterparty by swinging her hips and dancing solo to Elton John’s 1974 hit song “Bennie and the Jets.”
In “27 Dresses,” in which she co-starred opposite James Marsden, Heigl’s character, Jane, and Marsden’s Kevin bond over their love for “Bennie and the Jets.” They then get up on a bar and sing along to the tune — leading the crowd in a jumbled sing-along (Jane is barefoot) and ending the iconic scene by kissing each other.
Earlier in the scene, Jane and Kevin totally mix up the song’s lyrics — Jane says “She’s got electric boobs” instead of “She’s got electric boots” — adding to the couple’s joy in their barroom.
Heigl’s dance Monday night at the Emmys afterparty was posted on Instagram by the party’s DJ, Benjamin Walker, who added: “I love a good rom-com so when I saw @katherineheigl, I knew IMMEDIATELY there was one song to end the night and one song only … #IYKYK #27dresses.”
“27 Dresses,” which also co-starred Malin Akerman, Edward Burns and Judy Greer, was directed by Anne Fletcher and revolved around Jane, who’s “always the bridesmaid, never a bride” and has been in 27 weddings wearing different dresses.
Eventually she falls in love with Kevin after he writes an article about her experience as a professional bridesmaid.
The movie’s main characters reunited for an Entertainment Weekly photo shoot in 2019, and said they would be interested in doing a sequel, should the opportunity arise.
“I want to do a sequel,” Heigl said at the time. “Unfortunately we can’t quite get the rights … I think it would be awesome to see what are their lives like 10 years later.”
She quipped: “Do they end up together? I personally think they did.”
Marsden was also at Monday night’s Emmy Awards, as he was nominated for his Freevee series “Jury Duty.”
“That movie weirdly has legs that I’m not sure I anticipated it having,” he told E! News of the rom-com.
“Just a fanbase that people — when they talk about romantic comedies — you don’t really see too many of those made nowadays.”
