The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, part two — Page 107

He's kinda sorta Rent-related.

I feel like I found Adam more attractive, if only because... he still looked like Adam, at least moreso than Raul looked like himself. And, you know, his arms. Even though Emcee should ideally be kinda scrawny. But while Adam beat out Raul just on physical attraction, for me, Raul wins on ALL counts of blatant sexual innuendo. Or, not even innuendo. It was so straight-forward.

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Updated On: 5/6/06 at 06:35 PM

I like that, too -- and not only was it slightly altered for each actor, but that they got to have a part in creating it.

Raul was just so much more "you want me, don't you? Yes, I know you do."

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Both, probably; I don't know if I'd necessarily chalk it up to HIS sexual expression as much as the fact that at that point (and still) he'd played more sexually expressive (and ambiguous) roles -- he expressed fear of Rocky Horror (though I don't know of what aspect, could've been anything), but that's certainly blunt about its sexuality.

Granted, Raul's the one who shamelessly grabs himself in front of a crowd in one of the biggest houses on Broadway.

But I agree that it's probably both. Adam didn't shy away from any of it, but he didn't really ham it up as much as Raul did. Raul is a lot more daring.

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Updated On: 5/6/06 at 06:49 PM

Exactly. And that comes with being a better actor; could be a natural thing, or all of his training. I think it's really interesting that he often describes it as "hiding" behind a character, rather than becoming immersed in the character.

I brought up the HAIR example not for like... the sake of being explicit, but because even though he'll find a character to "be" in most concert contexts, that didn't appear to be such an instance. It was just Raul being silly.

heh, Raul's version of Not While I'm Around just popped up on iTunes. I still love it, even if I get made fun of for it. :)

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Updated On: 5/6/06 at 07:00 PM