They want to have a "real boy" play Peter Pan this time. If they do this the only one I can think of that would be able to do it would be Chris Colfer.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
someone who has any kind of experience or training in acting. or how about someone who even makes there living from acting, as opposed to a recording artist.
This is such a hypothetical since Pink will never star in this production. But if she did you would be against it because she's not a "real actor". Gabourey Sidibe made her debut in PRECIOUS. Do you begrudge the Academy for nominating her since she wasn't a "real" actor? Laura Osnes debuted on Broadway in GREASE after winning a reality tv show. Is she not a "real" actor, either? How about Lana Turner? She was sitting in a drug store and then she was famous.
Alicia Moore (Pink) has several acting credits to her name. At what point does someone become "real" enough for you to accept them?
If we went by FANtom's logic, these broadcasts would never happen because profitable corporations aren't dumb enough to invest millions of dollars into a television event without an A-list celebrity or mainstream superstar. Don't even feed it, Jordan.
Daniel Radcliffe could pull it off, because the playful silliness and self-effacing quality of his public image would allow him to dress up as Peter Pan and crow without ruining his credibility.
Pink is a sensational, out of the box idea. But I think they'll go with a teen band boy as Peter and someone like Bryan Cranston as Hook. Then cameo the thing out. Beyonce as Tiger Lily, Elle Fanning as Wendy, Michael J. Fox as Smee, Kate Hudson as Mrs. Darling/Adult Wendy, and so on and whoever. Their ilk will sign on because it's only a couple-day shoot for each of them, and it's now considered a prestige project. Sweet.