Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
#0Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/16/06 at 8:03pm
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/101463.html
That's quite possibly the most amazing thing ever.
I loooooove Christopher Walken.
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#1re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/16/06 at 8:14pmIs it just me who's a little wary that this is the third "confirmed" Wilbur?
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#2re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/16/06 at 8:22pm
But this is reportedly straight from Scott Whittman's mouth, so I took it a little more seriously.
(I only take it as the 2nd "confirmed" Wilbur because Billy Crystal was never anything more than a very strong rumor.)
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#3re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/16/06 at 8:22pmIt's been Billy Crystal, Jim Broadbent, and now, apperantly, Christopher Walken.
#4re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/16/06 at 9:00pmI'm definitely not good at searching, I went back a couple pages and didn't see anything while skimming...anyway, there's another thread on this, so ignore this one now, haha.
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
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#5re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 12:55pm
I just love when "gossip goes wrong." So much for Broadbent!
Walken? Okay.
I'm going to wait until the movie comes out, and I see who's up on the screen that night.
THEN it'll be confirmed.
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#6re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 1:01pmI think he is terrific for the role, although I do wish he were a bit shorter. Actually, with him in the role I wouldn't mind it if they added a new number for him.
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mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#7re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 1:04pmi have a feeling timeless to me will have a huge dance break. it will be hot!
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#8re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 2:22pmSo funny, I was just talking to my friend on the subway about Wilbur. We were both very dissappointed when Crystal bailed. This is PERFECT casting! This film is gonna ROCK!
#9re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 2:28pmWow, Oh Wow!
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
#10re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 2:32pmI need more cowbell...
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#11re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 2:53pmEasy, guys.. I put my pants on just like the rest of you - one leg at a time. Except, once my pants are on, I make gold records.
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#12re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 3:17pmI think he will be great, although I find him very scary. I hope he has fun with the role!
#13re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 3:26pmI know I stand alone, but I detest Christopher Walken. I know he's talented and all, but I never got it.
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#14re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 6:31pm
Haha..this is amazing! What an awesome cast!
..(besides Zac Efron)
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#15re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 6:40pmI hadn't realized James Marsden had been cast as Corny.
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#16re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 6:45pm
i cant really imagine Christopher as Wilbur, but I think he will be good all the same...im not too familiar with him though, so ill probably be pleasantly suprised
:P
#17re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 6:46pmTap Dance anyone?
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#18re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 6:49pm
I didn't know that Michelle Pfeiffer was going to be Velma! That's Cool!
I think the Christopher Walken could be great a Wilbur, Think of his character from "Blast to the Past."
Updated On: 8/17/06 at 06:49 PM
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#19re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 6:52pm
thats just what i thought too!
CW in 'Blast from the Past' has a Wilbur look.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
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"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#20re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 10:54pm
They should add a tap dancing break for him in the film, since he's so damn GOOD at it.
Maybe in "You're Timless To Me," since both he and John can really "cut a rug."
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#21re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/17/06 at 10:58pm
My heart fell to the floor, as this is the most amazing thing ever done since the creation of Sprite.
::takes a drink::
Walken.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#22re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/18/06 at 12:11am
hey ya'll thats my idea!
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#23re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/18/06 at 4:01amI'm with you Bettyboy72 ! Please no extra dancing than what should be there. He is a BAD tap dancer. Clunky.
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#24re: Christopher Walken is Wilbur in the Hairspray Film!
Posted: 8/18/06 at 9:50amI am so not happy about this...
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