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Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:38am

i met the FAB FIVE today and it was so cool! they were at my college today (university of north texas) and they're redoing my fraternity house (sigma chi). Jai was and still is my favorite! we talked about RENT (of course) and about the RENT movie. He said he's been approached with it, but nothing is official at ALL with the movie. but today was a milestone in my LIFE...i met the FAB FIVE!

"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:39am

Even better, they are redoing your frat house.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:41am

Anthony Rapp as Mark
Jai Rodriguez as Angel
Taye Diggs as Benny (well, if he's not busy doing his UPN show)
Brittany Murphy as Maureen

I like the sound of that cast. Of course, if supporting players are cast with fairly big names, one wonders if Columbus could get away with casting Mimi and Roger as unknowns...

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:43am

That is so cool. I love Jai and the rest of the fab five. I met Kyan at a Howard Dean event and he was so super sweet!

"... Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth. Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt. Still a little hard to say what's going on..." Damien Rice

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:45am

thats soo cool. jai is so awesome but carlson is my fav.

"gimme a bottle of bourbon and half a chicken and i'll conquer the world!"

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:49am

Ooooh I like the Britanny Murphy angle!

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 1:57am

Of course! Brittany Murphy has a sort of raspy yet melodic voice like Idina Menzel, and [if I remember correctly] her character in "Girl, Interrupted" was either lesbian or conveyed lesbian overtones. I think she'd enjoy bringing Maureen to the big screen. I'm just not sure of how successfully Hollywood casting would work for supporting roles if a big name doesn't play either Mimi or Roger.

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 9:45am

gosh, Possums, are they still around? no one in NY even talks about them any more...they're so two-minutes-ago...

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 9:53am

Her character in Girl, Interrupted was being abused by her daddy and secretly enjoying it. I don't recall there being lesbian under or overtones in it. But she has made out in public with Winona Ryder......

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

#10

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 9:53am

redhot - no....DAME EDNA is two-minutes ago.

EDIT: Make that, two years ago......

"High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man" - Tears for Fears

Updated On: 9/3/04 at 09:53 AM

#11

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:04am

did they say when the episode will be airing?

For heaven's sake, don't try to be cynical. It's perfectly easy to be cynical. ~The Importance of Being Earnest~

#12

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:07am

Jai as Angel? Hmmm. Yet another piece of information I gave to this board a while ago that was completely dismissed.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#13

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:14am

Matt, someone dismissed your suggestion that Jai play Angel? Funny, that's all I've been hearing at IMDB and compulsivebowlers.

Popcultureboy - you're probably right about Murphy in Girl, Interrupted. Nonetheless... if she can belt out a tune as so many individuals say she can, then I think she can pull off the role. I see Maureen having even less screen time than Joanne anyway if the screenplay is faithful to the stage production.

#14

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:20am

Though Anthony is a little different, I doubt Taye would do the part if Idina wasn't at lesat offered hers....not that I think Idina has to be offered it, because it's a role many people could do, just that I don't see Taye going back and doing the show that he met his wife on in a movie that she wasn't invited to be a part of....or not.....just a thought.

For heaven's sake, don't try to be cynical. It's perfectly easy to be cynical. ~The Importance of Being Earnest~

#15

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:21am

Taye needs a hit movie. BADLY.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#16

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:27am

Amen to that

David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must take a stand There will always be a valley Always mountains one must scale There will always be perilous waters Which someone must sail -Into the Fire Scarlet Pimpernel

#17

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 10:49am

2 things:
Brittany Murphy?!? WTF!! Totally a fan, but I really don't see or hear it...
Taye Diggs did have a hit movie a couple of years ago. It's called How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Or something like that... I haven't seen it in awhile... hot movie though... lots of good lookin people in not a lot of clothes...

#18

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 11:08am

VoiceOfReason, that sounds very... reasonable. Taye may not want to return without Idina. Sean Patrick Thomas -- who has done musical theater before, and costarred in Save The Last Dance -- is probably worth considering for Benny.

Brittany Murphy doesn't make sense to you now, Lizzy, but after hearing her sing, maybe you'll change your mind!

#19

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 11:13am

Wow, you like met them? I want to date the food and wine guy. He is so smoking hot.

#20

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 11:15am

BG2 loves him some Kyan!

#21

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 11:33am

i love kyan, as well; he's so handsome and rugged-looking...

but jai is my favorite, as well. cuz that mo' can dance!! and he's so sweet. and hooot.

whatever and ever amen - ben folds five

#22

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 11:42am

Give me Thom over any of 'em.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

#23

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 11:52am

Thom is great (and a fellow Orange!). Love Ted too. Can't stand Carson, he's too annoying.

#24

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 11:58am

That is way cool, what part of texas are u in? Jai is my favorite too, he's really cute and i really hope that he does play angel's part in RENT ^_^ eeep i'm so excited and i didn't even meet him, lol...or them for that matter

#25

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Posted: 9/3/04 at 12:15pm

Is Kyan really dating Robert Gant from Queer As Folk? Now THAT is a hot couple.

At first I couldn't see Brittany as Maureen, but now I'm starting to think it could be a good idea if she can sing OTM. (Another threadjack: You know, I was thinking, if "Maureen" can sing the "Gotta gotta gotta gotta..." part while whipping her head back and forth and still hold the notes properly, then there's really no reason why "singers" like Britney Spears and the Spice Girls can say that their strenuous "dancing" - ie. hoppin' a little, jigglin' a little - is the reason they need to lipsync at concerts, eh?)

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