The Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, Part Four — Page 31

Cause the serial killer must be manly.

... I have no idea. But I guess unless they're planning on putting Mr. E. on steroids, it ended up not being relevant after all.

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Updated On: 6/4/08 at 08:21 PM

I guess build is relevant for the same reason it is when you read a description of a character in a novel. It's one aspect of the character - certainly not the only aspect, but something to take into consideration, at least.

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But you can be...tiny and still be powerfully built. It's a question of proportion, and that describes Raúl quite well (just one of the reasons he appears to be, like, twelve feet tall on stage). And yes, they can do amazing things with cameras and lighting and all that stuff. Or maybe they just decided to cast against type.

But honestly, I think the character, as they've described him, would seem even creepier if he were just a normal, average looking...nerd.

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That's the the casting breakdown makes it sound like it is. It definitely sounds like possession is implied, but I don't get the idea of mental illness from that blurb at all. I guess all of that could be read as some sort of metaphor for mental illness and "demons" and all that, but I'm almost inclined to assume that whoever reported the possibility of multiple personality disorders was just reading into it that way.

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Had another thought regarding this character. He's a family man, being possessed by a serial killer out to get all the teenagers born the day he was executed. Wanna bet one of those teenagers is the possessed mans own kid? There's potential for some really great emoting in that scenario.

I'm the last person to claim any expertise on horror movies, but it seems like there's a lot of potential here for a psychological drama that'll be plenty scary enough without having to resort to hacking and slashing and blood filling the streets and the screen.

But that's not what this genre is all about....

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I think it's being possessed by a serial killer that makes him an evil zombie.

Maybe we can have emoting zombies?

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This is gonna be my new favorite movie.

I don't know very much about the show, but I'm not sure there's even a part for him in it.

I would like, keel over with happiness, though. It's already 3/4 of my musical theater dream team.

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Updated On: 6/5/08 at 02:49 PM

Well, I believe there is definitely a part for Raúl in Bounce. It's about the Mizner brothers, Addison and Wilson. Wilson is the charming, charismatic brother, and I think that part would be ideal for Raúl.

It seems the timing of the opening, closing and even extension dates for Bounce dovetail perfectly into the projected schedule for Leap of Faith, which is expected to start it’s out of town run in January or February, getting to New York in March-April-ish. It seems do-able. It’d be a killer schedule, but nothing he can’t handle, I think.

I have a recording of Bounce that was done in...2003, I think, with Richard Kind and Howard McGillin as Addison and Wilson Mizner. Some of the music is lovely, but reading the synopsis the shows seems...topheavy and unwieldy to me. Like it’s trying to be and do too much. And frankly, the music overall isn’t Sondheim’s best. It’s perfectly acceptable, and from any lesser mortal would be considered brilliant, but it isn’t really up to the standards of Sweeney or Sunday. I’m curious to hear just how much the show has been altered/fixed. If anyone else is interested in hearing any of Bounce, PM me.

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Some stray pictures from the Borders reading/signing thing for The Homecoming that took place in February.

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Updated On: 6/8/08 at 01:54 AM

Raul was on the Tony preview concert for literally two seconds, but it was nice to see him on TV again.

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It was quite random. All the other performances were very subdued with one or two performers and no action. Xanadu showed up with like 15 people, including dancers.

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Ah, well....it was just not meant to be.

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