Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
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#2re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 1:10amDisney records their animated voices so far in advance, that I think we woulda heard by now. the IMDB cast list seems to be pretty detailed. But maybe it was a last minute song or something she's done? (Tesori originally was doing the music but Menken replaced her some time back)
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#2re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 1:11am
No, there isn't any "turth" to this.
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Updated On: 11/17/09 at 01:11 AM
#3re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 1:15amActually, yes, unless something has changed since last month, Murphy is doing the voice of the Witch.
#4re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 1:19amWas this announced somewhere?
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#5re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 1:50amDidn't they recast the whole thing? They've done this recently with Bolt and Tinkerbell.
#6re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 11/17/09 at 4:38amThis almost makes me feel better about Mandy Moore replacing Chenoweth. Almost.
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gettinhep
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/9/04
#7re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 11/23/09 at 5:06pmThis has been confirmed at IMBd. She is playing Mother Gothel, the witch.
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Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/05
#8re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 11/23/09 at 8:35pmBeing confirmed on IMDb means pretty much nothing. Anyone can alter IMDb. For a while James Earl Jones was playing Collins in the "Rent" movie.
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#9re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 11/23/09 at 8:39pmIMDB has changed a lot since the days of the RENT movie - its a lot more tightly monitored by the actual studios. You might get away with submitting a false name for movie in development, but you wouldn't be able to go in and add Donna Murphy's name to the cast list of a major Disney movie without their approval.
gettinhep
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/9/04
#10re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 12/10/09 at 4:47pm
This news has been confirmed in several sources, including Empire, Reuters via The Hollywood Reporter and Playbill.
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'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt
#12re: Donna Murphy in Disney's Rapunzel?
Posted: 12/10/09 at 4:53pm
Get Chenowith back involved and this could be a really good project. Love the Murphy/Menken combination.
Moore? No.
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