The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part three — Page 465

Certainly he and probably most performers should stay away. I wonder if he was blind-sided, as Anthony put it. I would imagine he got a lot of good feedback from initial screenings, partly because that's what happens a lot in Hollywood but partly because he actually did do a good job. The negative reactions might have come as quite a shock.

I've thought a lot about his performance in the movie. I still feel he did an excellent job - he was subtle for a lot of it, yet Roger as a character was very clear. But it wasn't the same Roger that a lot of people expected, for one thing, and I also think that Mark and Roger were slighted a bit in the editing. Roger is on stage during most of the show, even during scenes that he's not a part of, which makes him very central. That centrality was not reproduced in the movie, and I think Mark and Roger both suffered from the cuts, no matter how justified that may be in the grand scheme of things.

I agree. I always thought that ROGER was the supposed 'main character,' I guess. Roger's story through Mark's lense, with Mimi as the leading lady, Mark as another leading character, and the rest being a part of an ensemble of supporting characters. I thought this should have been fleshed out in the movie, but sadly, the cuts didn't work that way.

But that's really my opinion...

Oh well. I still love the movie, and I think Adam did a fabulous job with what he had.

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Hm, I thought Roger came across as the co-lead in the film (or at least every bit as much as he does onstage). The cuts didn't help, but they hurt Mark as well.

I agree that the screen time was fairly equal, but that puts a character as shut down as Roger at a disadvantage. Here's what I would have possibly changed: include the information that April committed suicide and that love scene between them; cut to him when he comes in on "Because reason says...;" include one shot of him alone during "Without You."

Updated On: 1/1/06 at 05:59 PM

I agree that a shot of Roger alone in Without You would've been useful.

And yeah, Elphie. I was like "he's cuter than that, I swear!" Anyway, it was a good break in the sickening, head-spinning thoughts I've been having all day.

Nia, I know you aren't here, but I almost rented Gone With the Wind today. I saw it and I thought of you. I hope you're feeling a little better and that tonight is less wacky.

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Updated On: 1/1/06 at 06:04 PM

Something interesting about the suicide scene that my friend was told by Mackenzie Firgens: apparently it was in that very deep bathtub where Mimi is sitting when Roger finds her shivering during Without You. It was supposed to create some sort of parallel for him.

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Wow, that's pretty interesting about the suicide scene. That would have definitely added quite a lot to the movie had it stayed in.

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That's exactly it, Chloe.

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I think Chloe hit the nail on the head with Roger- since he's not a very noisy character, you're not going to notice him as much even if he's got the same amount of screen time as, say, Maureen. I felt like the movie lacked focus.

I wish you were kidding, SD. Wow.

Nia, I agree. Even though it's stagey, I think something was lacking in not having him be more present throughout.

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what did the entry say exactly?

Oh... it was on the rent_the_movie community and said something like, "It just said on the news that Adam Pascal just died."

Freaky. Oh, and for anyone who's just scrolling through this thread... NO, he's not dead. Heh.