Hairspray Film's Link Larkin Has Been Cast- Page 3

[kim1061]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:13pm

he seems entirely too young! i feel like he does not fit with the cast at all.

im sure his high school musical co-stars will appear somewhere in the hairspray movie since they all flock together.

[emo_geek]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:33pm

"Zach admits it's not all him doing the singing..." Hmmm sounds like he is embarrassed about that.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:37pm

Ok Otis, that does give me some hope...:)

now if all other people would do that, i'd be a happy girl :)




The problem is, I go to Wicked a lot(it's an easy show to see in chicago :))or I get asked about Wicked and such if I wear my shirt and I meet so MANY people who only have the cast recording, and have no interest in other shows...so it saddens me lol.

[broadway86]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:37pm

This is just terrible... A wealth of young talent out there, and they take him.

[mateo]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 8:38pm

I think so too. I doubt he wanted himself to be dubbed. He probably gets crap for it all the time.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 9:38pm

According to Marc Shaiman, Zac's a year older than the girl playing Tracy. So while there are valid reasons to be against his being cast, age isn't one of them.

Also, they claim he was dubbed in HSM because he's a baritone, not a tenor... but I always thought Link's played by tenors.

[broadway86]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 10:42pm

So while there are valid reasons to be against his being cast, age isn't one of them.

Regardless of age, I just don't think he looks right for the part. When I look at him, I don't see TV idol/hunk.

[mateo]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 10:45pm

yeh, he is more in the TV Idol/Pretty Boy category.

[wicked4life51]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 10:47pm

steph the star i love you

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:08pm

I Actually think this is rather decent casting, considering how young the rest of the cast is - Bynes and Blonsky are VERY young.

[mateo]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:17pm

I have a feeling the they are casting young or 'young looking' because the adult cast -aside from billy crystal are not that old. If you cast 20-somethings as the kids, Queen Latifah who is in her 30s will not look as old as she should be. perhaps.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:44pm

Thank you wicked4life51, I love you too :)

[soapguy17]

Posted: 6/25/06 at 11:58pm

I don't think it'll be that bad. Look at Dawson in Rent. The studio has the tools to make Effron sound like whatever they want him to sound like.

Quick question, if the score was to high for Zac why didn't they just lower it?

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:10am

Just because you say he wasn't so great in High School Musical does not mean he won't be good in Hairspray.

This is off topic but I'm very interested in who they got to play Corny Collins. Did they cast that yet? I've been rooting for Ewan MacGregor all the way even though the part isn't major.

[mateo]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 12:26am

I'd love for Ewan to to be Corny. Its not a leading part- but its certainly a big one.



soapguy- the songs might have been already recorded prior to the kids singing them? i dont know good question.

[boxers7]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 1:00am

Three pages of people swearing off the movie and complaining about someone doing a role before he's even started rehersals? Are you people kidding me?

"i have never seen HSM, but just seeing him in that picture makes me worry..."

"i feel like he does not fit with the cast at all."

"This is just terrible... A wealth of young talent out there, and they take him."

Did all three of you get an advanced copy of the film (which hasn't even been fully cast!) that we didn't see that makes it ok for you to criticize someone's performance? That's the biggest load of crap I've ever heard!

Updated On: 6/26/06 at 01:00 AM

Posted: 6/26/06 at 1:54am

see, my problem is that he doesn't LOOK like a link. at least, in my opinion..

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 2:24am

I have bigger issues than the casting of Link. Like THE PRODUCERS before it, HAIRSPRAY suffers from the fact that the original film is already perfection. It cannot be improved, making a remake (even a musical one), second class.

[Weez]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 2:26am

To be honest, I'm just really disappointed to see so many close-minded people passing judgement on something without giving it a fair chance. *shrugs* C'est la vie, I suppose. I for one will wait until I've seen the finished film before I start pissing and moaning about anything. I may not even have anything to piss and moan about! But I won't know until I've seen the film, and nor will anyone else here.

Updated On: 6/26/06 at 02:26 AM

[gumbo2]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 4:45am

There seem to be some valid concerns, but really I agree with the people who say we won't know til we see it. I'm not saying I particularly agree with the casting, but they must have seen something in him that made them think he could do the role. And just because he may not look like Link, all the more power to them for not just type-casting...and maybe he'll look completely different than he looked in HSM. Who knows.

[RuprechtJr.]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 9:15am

"Also, they claim he was dubbed in HSM because he's a baritone, not a tenor... but I always thought Link's played by tenors. "

You're right. It would be pretty hard to hit all the high A's if you're a baritone (I am, therefore I know). And when I hear his speaking voice in High School Musical (see, it is possible to spell it out) it sounds like he's a high voiced kind of guy...unless they dubbed his speaking voice too! :P

[renthead92]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 9:24am

Here's an artical about it:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15131

I'm just going to wait till I see the movie to make my opinion.

[Mojojo5]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 10:06am

Umm, I'm curious, when was it decided that Link had any sort of "edge"? Sure, the original John Waters Link had that dirty, sensual Elvis thing about him (which was then used to greater affect by Johnny Deep in "Cry-Baby") but the musical Link is pretty much walking milquetoast. He's a teen pretty boy who suddenly has romantic feelings for this cute fat girl and a need to integrate which are probably two things that he had never thought about before. I don't know if he'll be able to sing it but Zac Efron does seem like a good match type-wise at least.

Zach... and let's just hope they dub Amanda Bynes on some of Penny's money notes

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 10:50am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=10567

article just posted

[almostxfamous]

Posted: 6/26/06 at 11:04am

I think I'm just really surprised by the casting. I guess I was expected someone who was more of an obvious heartthrob, you know? Granted, this casting has been surprising me the whole time(with the exception of Queen Latifah), but ... I don't know. To me, he just looks very young for the role. They could probably age him with makeup and since his hair can't be the shaggy beach bum style, that may help. We'll see.