| re: ALL of Hollywood's best movie musicals were made with ***movie stars.*** | |
| Last Edit: GrumpyMorningBoy 08:23 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 08:19 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: ALL of Hollywood's best movie musicals were made with ***movie stars.*** - Snowysdad 06:07 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| First off, must concur about Queen Latifa. One of the most versatile performers working in America. Easily. Also, good points about how the requirements of a musical really vary by work and role. I don't hate Shirley Jones, but I don't exactly love her either, and yet, she could definitely SING. And considering the way she leapt from an understudy role in ME AND JULIET to star in "Oklahoma!", they undeniably felt like they'd found a real star-in-waiting and took a gamble. She's a natural on screen. I similarly don't have hard feelings about seeing Audrey Hepburn in MY FAIR LADY, Natalie Wood in WEST SIDE STORY, or Debra Kerr in THE KING & I, even if it might have been lovely to see how Marni Nixon might have actually performed these roles if she'd been given the chance to do more than dub the songs! But back to THE KING & I, some roles really do need the Broadway stars. It's impossible to imagine the film without Yul Brenner. Same goes for Robert Preston, Joel Grey, and Robert Morse in their respective starring roles. And yeah, Hollywood really screwed up sometimes. Zero Mostel should have played Tevye on screen. And Carol Channing should have played Dolly. Alas, I do think the current crop is, by and large, doing a good job of splitting the difference. I'm encouraged by the casting notices for Spielberg's "West Side Story" and John Chu's forthcoming "In The Heights." There's such a robust talent pool of actors working in TV & Film who got their start -- and their training -- in musical theatre, and when you've got TV shows like "Glee," "Pose," "Supergirl" and "The Flash" making TV stars of musical theatre people, we're extra lucky. All in all, it's a great time for the movie musical. And if Broadway stars don't have the chance to create their roles in the film versions -- as Idina Menzel will undoubtedly not get to do when WICKED becomes a film -- some of them get to play a Disney character and become a movie stars, anyway. - GMB |
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