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Daphne Replaced?

Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:29am

I've been told by a credible source that Daphne Rubin-Vega is being replaced in Les Miz. Apparently the role has been offered to Alice Ripley.

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Updated On: 11/6/06 at 12:29 AM

re: Daphne Replaced?

Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:32am

Is she bad?

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re: Daphne Replaced?

Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:33am

She should be replaced...but I doubt this is true.

re: Daphne Replaced?

Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:35am

*snort* Who's the source? When did they tell you this? Has it been posted on Playbill or a similarly reliable source? Then I ain't buying it until I see proof.

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re: Daphne Replaced?

Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:36am

I'm not asking you to believe it. I'm just relaying what I was just told.

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methinks this is more wishful thinking then fact. or a bad game of telephone how quickly "should be replaced" can turn into "will be replaced."

Im still pissed about the person who claimed that Meryl Streep was cast in the Sweeney Todd film.

re: Daphne Replaced?

Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:37am

Is she bad?

Which one?

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re: Daphne Replaced?

Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:39am

"Alice Ripley is Fierce!"

re: Daphne Replaced?

Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:39am

Utter crap.

No way would they replace a featured role during press week. It would cost them more than the run can afford. Contracts have an out, but it's too late for this one...

Site your source.

And they've cast the daughter roles to match the type--and no way will people believe that Alice has an ethnic child.

I know this cast is wonderfully colorblind, but both young and old Cosette have been cast to somewhat match a "look". Not being racist here, but also not being blind. We have to believe it's her child, young and older. It's hard enough to believe the performance... (although I hear it's getting better!)

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Updated On: 11/6/06 at 12:39 AM

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:40am

It opens on Thursday...there is no way she will be replaced unless they delay opening. Not happening. (if it does, i'll be shocked)

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:43am

I would absolutely love to see Alice in this role.

That said, I don't think it's really fair to say you heard this from a credible source, not give a single clue to who this might be, and leave everyone hanging.

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:44am

I didn't say this was necessarily happening right this second. They just told me that she has been offered the role.

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:45am

I know this cast is wonderfully colorblind, but both young and old Cosette have been cast to somewhat match a "look".

Not really. Only Kylie is Asian.

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#14

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:45am

So she's probably being offered the role during Daphne's other show in January. That makes perfect sense to me.

#15

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:46am

Yeah. I really want to see Daphne, anyway.

But she needs to be replaced in January, so...

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:47am

Are we all sure it's not that Alice Ripley's been asked to cover that period where Daphne's off doing that other play in spring?

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:49am

If someone had a truly credible source that they may wish to have again, why would they tell their information on the internet. That doesn't make sense to me. If I ever had inside information, I would not betray the person who told me in confidence. That doesn't make sense.

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:50am

I'm leaving you hanging as far as the source, because I was asked not to say who the source is.

They did not specify when the replacement would happen, or if Ms. Ripley had accepted the role. I'm not trying to be a d*ick; I was just posting what I was told.

edit: Thank you Ashley.

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:51am

Lizzie, I was only implying that both young Cosettes and Cosette have a similar resemblance. I used to work in casting, so their "type", NOT ethnicity, is similar. I can believe she is her offspring. However, it wouldn't matter, fundamentally, since no one in the cast "feels" french anyway... hehehe

EDIT: for spelling.

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Updated On: 11/6/06 at 12:51 AM

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:57am

If someone had a truly credible source that they may wish to have again, why would they tell their information on the internet. That doesn't make sense to me.

LOL.

TheActr97J, you're certainly not a d*ck.

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 1:00am

Well thank you Lizzie.

To be honest, I wasn't even sure if it was okay to post something like this. lol

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 1:07am

I protect my sources to, so I respect that. It's a hot bed topic right now, so expect some feedback.

You made it sound like the replacement was happening NOW. That's not possible. If it is...then you must spill it. Cause your source is gonna soon...

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 1:09am

If someone had a truly credible source that they may wish to have again, why would they tell their information on the internet. That doesn't make sense to me.

LOL.

Why was that funny?

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 1:10am

lol.... sorry about that. But at least I put a question mark in the thread title, right?

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#25

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Posted: 11/6/06 at 1:12am

Why was that funny?

Because it makes me wish I were young and innocent again.

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