Dreamgirls Movie

#1

Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:12am

Hey everyone, no there isnt any talk of a Dreamgirls movie in the works (sorry to excite), but I was listening to the EFA concert version in the car and started thinking bout who would play who if they did a film version.

So my challenge: cast the movie, using mainstream stars as well as Broadway talent (taking whether or not he/she can sing into consideration). Here is my cast:

Effie White: Frenchie Davis (I would have said Jennifer Holliday but the girls start out as teenagers)
Deena Jones: Beyonce Knowles
Lorrel Robinson: Fantasia Barrino/ Mya
Curtis Taylor: Denzel Washington/ Taye Diggs (not sure if Denzel could sing the role)
Jimmy Early: Cuba Gooding Jr.
CC White: Usher
Marty: Mekhi Pfeiffer
Michelle Morris: Brandy

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#2

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:13am

I wouldn't put in Mya. I don't think she has the voice for it. How about Christina Milian. She's sort of Beyonce-esque.

#3

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:14am

If there is a script change and Effie kills Deena, I would say GREAT CASTING.

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#4

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:15am

and also.......I HATE FANTASIA. She sounds like Macey Gray on crack. AND I LOATHE MACEY GRAY. Thanks you.

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#5

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:17am

i would love to here fantasia barrino belt out "ant no party"!!! i bet she would belt the crap out that song!!!! :)

#6

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:18am

I'm not sure if Taye Diggs can sing the role.

#7

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:21am

Taye Diggs' voice is pretty, I'll grant him that, but he doesn't have much of a range. Too bad, he's so very handsome.

#8

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:23am

Of course she would belt crap out it. That is all that comes out of her mouth when she sings. I HATED when she did "Summertime" on American Idol. It was so Jazzy and loud. The song is a lullaby.......the way she sang it would have made the baby wake up and scream it's head off.

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#9

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:24am

You go Spider! Down with Fantasia! (Not that Diana deserved to win AI either, but yah...)

#10

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:25am

Hallelujah, Amen!!!

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#11

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:26am

Summertime is a beautiful song. I didn't like Fantasia's version. I really got miffed when Randy Jackson called her performance "a master class in singing." How does he know? The judges on that show are so whack.

#12

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:29am

Word, dog.

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#13

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:29am

"summertime" is my favorite Gershwin song and she butchered it. What got me really miffed, was that last year when Clay sang and they slaughtered him because they said that his voice sounded too much like theatre (like it was a bad thing) but then Fantasia sang an actual theatre song and butchered it, and she was "the best singer ever to be on the show." Please. Death to American Idol. It is so fixed........but that is another thread. :)

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#14

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:32am

This thread is getting quite off-topic... and I love it!

#15

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:35am

Matt_G: Did I get too ghetto on you? I hope not.

For the record, I loved Clay. I want him to release an album of broadway standards. I doubt that his contract would permit such an act of heresy though.

#16

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:36am

When do the discussions ever match the topic of the thread?

#17

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:36am

Well spider, u suggest someone different then, who fits the criteria...

I chose the ones I did for a reason. Effie has to sound loud and brassy, Deena has to sound polished and pretty, and Lorrell has to sound quirkier, and not as polished. Fantasia's voice can best be described as quirky

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#18

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:38am

I have no clue, and it is nothing against you. Promise. I just hate Fantasia

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#19

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:38am

bronx - Never. This is BWW.com!

batboy - Get Beyonce off of your list. She is in no way pretty and polished. Nix my suggestion for Christina Milian as well. She's Cuban anyway.

#20

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:38am

Too true, bronxboundexpress, unfortunately, too true...

And keep Beyonce OUT!

Updated On: 7/21/04 at 02:38 AM

#21

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:40am

Beyonce is the perfect Deena....lol the character is based off of Diana Ross, and what better parallels can be drawn than between the Supremes and Destiny's Child. Beyonce is the Diana of that group, plus she's gorgeous, can act and sing.

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#22

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:42am

I love her, but I don't want her in a musical. I don't have much faith in her acting abilities. Did you see Goldmember?

#23

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:43am

I have yet to be stunned by Beyonce's "acting". I would like to see more of her before I pass a real judgement, but from what I've seen I don't think she's a great actress. I will admit that she's gorgeous though, and she's got a good voice. Not a GREAT voice, but tons better than any other popular artist right now.

Updated On: 7/21/04 at 02:43 AM

#24

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:45am

IT is one of those things where, someone has a really good voice, but it is majorly overplayed. That is Beyonce. I used to like her in Destiny's Child but now I can't stand her. Everywhere you look, there she is. Kelly Rowland on the other hand......LOVE HER.

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#25

re: Dreamgirls Movie

Posted: 7/21/04 at 2:46am

Tonight, I'll be yo naughty girl! *ahh* I'm callin' all my girls. We's gon turn this party out. I know you want my body now.