Anne Hathaway Love — Page 2

Sorry, Jarred03, I completely defer to you in the jerk department. You have me beat by a mile and I am in awe of your abilities.

As I am in awe of Anne's. She is, by-the-way, a trained professional singer who began her career in musical theater and probably would have ended up as one of Broadway's brightest stars were it not for the fact that her pesky absolute beauty looks so darn good on camera that we silly folks out here in Los Angeles started offering her salaries that rivaled the entire production budgets of the shows she was doing, so who can blame the girl?

I suppose the fact that she was the actual choice to star in the movie version of "Phantom of the Opera" should be discounted as well. Hmmmm, she beat out every woman who works on Broadway and probably auditioned for the role (and I can assure you, that means everyone just about everyone in the business who has an agent) but then she was probably chosen for her looks alone, correct?

Oh well, to go on would just make me a big jerk and lord knows, usurping someone who flatly states, apparently with little practical knowledge the fact that Anne Hathaway could never screech like a banshee in "Wicked is not my intention."

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Yeah, I think they need to have a board where people can post off-topic things. Oh, they already do!

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PLUS she can do the princess wave really well. No one is a better princess than her.

And she can sing very well.

And Millie is a VERY challenging role vocally. Ever tried to sing "Gimme Gimme"?

She's too good to do Wicked. I'd like her in Nine It would make me happy.

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I would've liked to hear her E at the end of What More Do I Need

I adore that song, and I liked her voice, but I didn't love her acting.
One song isn't much to go on, her voice is great and I've liked her in movies.

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I love her in The Devil Wears Prada because for me personally, any time there is a movie with Meryl Streep in it, the woman totally steals the show. No matter what. As amazing as she was in Devil Wears Prada, Anne held her own really well.

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I love Anne, and I have to clear up one thing. Unfortunately, she was only nominated for the Rising Star Award, for Once Upon a Mattress. I was a judge that year, and was lucky enough to see her as Winifred. She was amazing. I pushed really hard for her to win that year, but I was out-pushed by others. She absolutely has the chops to handle almost any musical role. I saw it live, and was blown away by her.

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I saw Anne Hathaway as Lili in the Encores production of CARNIVAL about 5 years ago, opposite Brian Stokes Mitchell's Paul. She was absolutely wonderful and sported a polished coloratura with a clean, beautiful top. To use the old addage, she could light up New York with her smile. She has stage presence to spare. Someone put her on Broadway.

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I agree that Anne should've been in Phantom over Emmy Rossum. It would've been nice to see someone who could speak in a tone louder than a whisper and sing play Christine in the film.

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She looks like a young LIZA, not like PATTI. Sorry.

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Muscle, you're completely right, Ann Hathaway's eyes, pale skin, and general look have always reminded me of Liza Minnelli circa FLORA, THE RED MENACE. I think it'd be great if she ever got to play Liza in a biopic--though their voices couldn't be more different.

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"I seriously think she would make a great Millie or Charity if they ever made either of those into movies."

Um. I'm pretty sure both have been movies already...


Anyway, Anne sounds great from everything I've heard and I can't wait to see her tackle a major musical role whether it be on Broadway or the screen.

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She's OK. I don't think she's the best of her generation or anything like some make her out to be, not by a long shot. Rachel McAdams is way better. I even like Lindsay better.