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| re: The Sweeney Todd I Love New York commercial | |
| Last Edit: AlanScott 10:54 pm EST 12/01/20 | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 10:52 pm EST 12/01/20 | |
| In reply to: The Sweeney Todd I Love New York commercial - bobby2 08:21 pm EST 12/01/20 | |
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| I think that's Cariou. Same nose, same chin, long face. Doesn't look like to me Walter Charles. I think the reasons why he looks a bit different here are the eyebrows are different and he isn't wearing the death-white makeup and he's lost a bit of weight during the months he'd been doing the show, which often happens. The odd thing is that he looks taller than Lansbury but still I think it's Cariou. And in at least one article about the commercial, he is mentioned. Tony Roberts went into They're Playing Our Song in mid-December 1979. I'm guessing that they reshot just that part. I wonder if they're really in Times Square or if that's perhaps a rear projection (whereas every other sequence is clearly not rear projection). |
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| re: The Sweeney Todd I Love New York commercial | |
| Posted by: bobby2 08:54 pm EST 12/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: The Sweeney Todd I Love New York commercial - AlanScott 10:52 pm EST 12/01/20 | |
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| I have a vague memory from childhood of being surprised Tony Roberts was in the commercial. I think he may have been signed on to replace Klein already and so they filmed it with him knowing he'd be the star when the commercial aired. I think the commercial may have even started airing before his run began. I guess it's Cariou but he just looks different. Maybe for the reasons you said. It definitely isn't Walter Charles. Was Charles the only understudy for the whole run? |
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| re: The Sweeney Todd I Love New York commercial | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 09:18 pm EST 12/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: The Sweeney Todd I Love New York commercial - bobby2 08:54 pm EST 12/02/20 | |
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| Walter Charles was the only understudy for the entire Broadway run and the entire national tour. | |
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