| ALL of Hollywood's best movie musicals were made with ***movie stars.*** | |
| Last Edit: GrumpyMorningBoy 05:01 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 04:56 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: Broadway and Off-Broadway Musicals That Were Filmed With Virtually Their Entire Casts - Dawson 01:52 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| Being a Hollywood film star is an entirely different skill set. For the most part, a movie star for a movie musical is probably going to give a better on-screen performance than the Broadway actor. Yes, rare crossover exceptions exist. They coulda made "My Fair Lady" with Julie Andrews, if the studio had gone for it, and yeah, she might have become a film star via that instead of "Mary Poppins." Who knows. But we are verrrrryyyy far removed from the Golden Age. Considering HOW MUCH CONTENT is out there in the media marketplace, breaking through the noise is harder than ever before. If a film is cast with all unknowns -- no matter how talented they may be -- it simply won't get noticed. Beyond that, I'm willing to argue that I'd rather see a movie musical with actual movie stars -- who can actually sing -- than simply a cast of theater people. Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Chicago," Anne Hathaway in "Les Miz," Amy Adams in "Enchanted," Emma Stone in "La La Land," Zac Efron in "The Greatest Showman," John Travolta in "Hairspray", Emily Blunt in "Mary Popppins Returns" -- they not only sold tickets, but they delivered the goods. They're great film actors. Who, thankfully, all have a background in performing musical theater on stage. Yes, I'm willing to concede that Keala Settle was the best part of "The Greatest Showman." And a few (unknown to the masses) Broadway stars could become movie stars if the timing is right. But being great on screen and being great on stage really is an entirely different skill set. Daveed Diggs was ELECTRIC in HAMILTON. His on-screen performances have been fairly dull. If I were casting a film adaptation of HAMILTON, I wouldn't cast him, even though he was terrific on stage. Some people are great at both. But if you want the film to be a hit, you've gotta cast people who, first and foremost, are great on screen, and have the kind of following and name recognition to get press and visibility. - GMB, who is willing to argue that the few film musical adaptations made with their Broadway casts are not among our "best" movie musicals |
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