Barbra Streisand Confirms She's Starring in New GYPSY Film!- Page 3

[Gothampc]

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.

[GoSmileLaughCryClap]

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.

[best12bars]

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."

[Reginald Tresilian]

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.

[madbrian]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:15pm

I'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.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:15pm

Barbra Streisand
as
Faye Dunnaway
as
Joan Crawford
in
SUNSET BLVD, DEAREST

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:20pm

Madbrian, you're talking about MISS Daisy, yes?

[chickfila]

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?

[best12bars]

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.

Updated On: 2/8/11 at 03:25 PM

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:26pm

Besty, I know you're right. But I'm still excited.

[Felm_heart]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 3:31pm

This is going to be a self-indulgent mess... and I'm going to LOVE it!

[JOak]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 4:19pm

June and Louise are adopted. Age problem solved.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 4:25pm

Or kidnapped.

New subplot!!!

[TulitaPepsi]

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)

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 4:45pm

Let's not compare GYPSY to PASSING GAS, ok?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:19pm

I say, "Go Girl!"

and Phyliss, Patti always has to worry about close-ups.

[Gothampc]

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:24pm

I like Aretha Franklin for Louise.

[Gothampc]

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:31pm

Al Pacino as Tulsa?

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:33pm

Too young.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 5:35pm

Stevie Wonder?

[denali.fire]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 7:08pm

Everything's pushing up roses

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 7:54pm

There isn't enough vaseline, tissue, duct tape and bailing wire on this planet...

[broadwaybabytn]

Posted: 2/8/11 at 8:18pm

barbra will do well, even if the edit it and cgi her.