Dreamgirls Movie

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

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

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.

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

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.

"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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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.

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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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.

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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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

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.