Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#50Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 2:48pm
After "Some People" Mickey Rooney will get up and leave the living room and Barbra will then sing "Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
Kim Catrall is willing to cut her usual fee if she can play June.
James Brolin is being considered for Herbie and Jason Gould is being considered for Tulsa.
The biggest question now is how to film Streisand so it's not obvious that she's cross-eyed.
#51Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 2:51pm
She was 26 when she played Dolly Levi and she'll be 70 playing Rose.
It actually would have worked better in reverse.
#52Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:05pm
What I would really like to see is Streisand in a movie about how Streisand is attempting to play Mama Rose on the big screen at 70.
They can call it "Sunset Boulevard."
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#53Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:14pm
I guess it's wrong of me, but I really don't care about her age. I'm willing to meet Streisand halfway (which makes her--what?--thirty-five?)
Seriously, I'm grateful to have the opportunity to see a great artist tackle this great part. Would I have preferred her to do it 10 or 15 years ago? Sure. But she didn't.
I also think we kind of had to wait for this latest surge in Hollywood interest in musicals.
#54Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:15pmI've got it: Streisand plays Daisy, and gets hypnotized, and tells us about her previous life as Rose, the domineering stage mother of June and Louise.
#55Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:15pm
Barbra Streisand
as
Faye Dunnaway
as
Joan Crawford
in
SUNSET BLVD, DEAREST
#56Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:20pmMadbrian, you're talking about MISS Daisy, yes?
chickfila
Leading Actor Joined: 7/26/08
#57Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:23pm
Is she too old - yeah, so what. The greatest musical performer of our time is taking on the greatest female musical role. Let's give her and the creative team some credit. No one believed that she would convincingly play a woman passing as a man, but she did.
And for all you naysayers, who else would you consider casting?
#58Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:25pm
Reg, I wouldn't care with certain roles. But the story begins with Rose having two young daughters and a father who recently retired and got a gold plaque for it.
And the camera doesn't lie. I have a feeling they'll be doing some serious post-production "Benjamin Button Brad Pitt" CG on her. She'll look like she fell out of a Pixar toy box.
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#59Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:26pmBesty, I know you're right. But I'm still excited.
#60Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:31pmThis is going to be a self-indulgent mess... and I'm going to LOVE it!
#61Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 4:19pmJune and Louise are adopted. Age problem solved.
#62Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 4:25pm
Or kidnapped.
New subplot!!!
#63Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 4:26pm
JOak, that's actually a brilliant solution. Sure, it's fiction, but then so is a lot of GYPSY.
My thought: Even if it is only partially sucessful, it will be a better fim than any recent Broadway-to-flm adaptation of the last decade ....except PASSING STRANGE, of course!
(air kiss to ghostlight)
#64Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 4:45pmLet's not compare GYPSY to PASSING GAS, ok?
#65Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:19pm
I say, "Go Girl!"
and Phyliss, Patti always has to worry about close-ups.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#66Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:22pm
Well since they're adopted, let's go with Janet Jackson as June and Beyonce as Louise.
Chaz Bono is auditioning for Herbie.
#67Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:24pmI like Aretha Franklin for Louise.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#68Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:29pm
Here's a cast that I would really plunk down $13.50 for.
the bossy stage mother - Streisand
June - Kim Catrall
Louise - Catherine Zeta-Jones
Herbie - Robert DeNiro
It has Oscar written all over it.
#69Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:31pmAl Pacino as Tulsa?
#70Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:33pmToo young.
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#71Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:35pmStevie Wonder?
#72Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 7:08pm
Everything's pushing up roses
#73Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 7:54pmThere isn't enough vaseline, tissue, duct tape and bailing wire on this planet...
#74Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!
Posted: 2/8/11 at 8:18pmbarbra will do well, even if the edit it and cgi her.
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