Anthony Rapp leaving LSOH- Page 2

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 12:30am

He has to stay until next year when the show comes near me. I was going to go just to see him (loved him in RENT). Now my feeling are hurt *cry*

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 2:50am

As much I love the film version starring Rick Moranis, I probably won't see the show live without Anthony Rapp as Seymour (or as the Dentist, for that matter). Knowing how the ending of the show differs from the film and having easy access to the new CD, I can't think of any reason to see it live besides Rapp's performance...

[JohnnyTlover216]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:02am

I think Chris Columbus really should ask Anthony Rapp to be Mark in the Rent movie, well I wish the whole original cast could do that... but that's not going to happen. But since Marks my favorite character (and Anthony Rapp's one of my favorite actors), I think it would be amazing if he was Mark in the movie, so I'm hoping that Chris Columbus has asked him! If he isn't able to do it, I hope they'll ask Matt Caplan (he's incredable too).

Updated On: 9/3/04 at 01:02 AM

[JohnnyTlover216]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:02am

Does anyone know when the little shop tour coming near New Jersey, or does anyone have a website about it? Thanks

Updated On: 9/3/04 at 01:02 AM

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:08am

a)i haope and pray he satys on through philly
b)i think they should cast someone who hasn't done the show on broadway for the rent movie or at least a younger one (matt caplan has gotta be in his 30's by now)

[JohnnyTlover216]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:33am

Yea- it could be a good idea to cast someone who hasn't been in Rent or on broadway as a role in "rent" (the movie), but I just pray it's not some awful pop star like Justin Timberlake (exuce me for my spelling)- and no offence to anyone who loves him, I'm sorry- I just am not fond of him haha.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:34am

If the Rent screenplay bastardizes Mark's character, then perhaps Rapp shouldn't reprise the role...

However, at 33, he's not too old. Mimi is defined as 19 but the other characters are considerably older (or so logic indicates). In fact, Jonathan Larson officially defined Benny and Mark as having been roommates during undergrad at Brown -- which means that they would have graduated at 22, lived together in the flat, climbed to career failure or success as Benny moved out and married, developed tension due to Mark and Roger's failure to pay the Rent over the last year, etc... with all of this in mind, Mark could reasonably be a character closer to his late twenties. Rapp can pull it off. I mean, he played a young TA in "Road Trip" and a Princeton student in "A Beautiful Mind" just three or four years ago. His older look now is "strictly" about hair. He hasn't developed wrinkles, put on weight or done anything else that would make it impossible for him to pass -- with costuming and makeup -- as a man of 26.

I'm more concerned about his on-screen chemistry with whomever plays Roger (not that he and Pascal didn't seem like an odd best friends couple) than I am about people thinking that he's too old for the character.

Last I checked, Matt Caplan was 24...

And considering that Joanne as a lawyer and Collins teaches Computer Age Philosophy, I'd think that their characters are both closer to (perhaps even a little past) thirty. Maureen and Roger are age-ambiguous. Let's just say that Mimi is the only character who absolutely must be played by someone who can past for 19. Updated On: 9/3/04 at 01:34 AM