Grease Casting Still Going On — Page 2

Allison Fischer is about 4 feet tall and 17 years old. I think quirky Patty would be a better fit at the moment...


Regarding the casting: what I heard at the taping last night was that *most* of the principle roles have been cast but that contacts won't be signed until the completion of the reality show (i.e. Danny and Sandy are cast). Apparently, some of the offers have been made with the understanding that they are *tentative* pending upon who ends up in the two leads.

Yankeefan007, interesting articulation...

Yankeefan, I'm fairly certain they're rehearsing in New York...

Ah, very true, very true.

galindagirl2 - I have no idea regarding that. I was just basing it upon the fact that they're currently in LA.

MB - has anyone actually begun to really care about these people? They're going for the same thing as American Idol - to have people so in love with these contestants that they become rabid. That hasn't happened, I think, with Grease, as of yet.

I watch the show every week but still can't for the life of me match the names and faces of the potential Sandys.

Sadly, none of them, Dannys and Sandys alike, have any iota of outstanding charisma. None of them would be cast under normal circumstances and they'd never be given a reason as to why. Here, they're giving them reasons and a day or two tops to fix it.

I do agree that they should place some of the cast-offs in the show though, it would go great with their marketing push.

...I also think that the 2 runners-up should be given coverage gigs....

Updated On: 3/5/07 at 05:04 PM

Re: rabid supporters - I believe you! We heard that girl screaming like she was getting murdered in the background of Austin's not-so-fun rendition of Fun, Fun, Fun.

Some of them do have a lot of charisma, but I've noticed through the weeks that the ones who have it are the ones who either can't act (well, are very unconvincing actors) or don't have the physicality for the part (respectively read: Chad and Max).

When all comes down to the final two, I'm rooting for them - Austin is too girly and Derek isn't a good singer.

As I said about the girls, it's anyone's game. I'm rooting for the blonde.

I really am intrigued by the talk that Max isn't physically right for the role of Danny. His frame is no different than John Travlotas (not very muscular) build in the movie and his look not that different than Barry Bostwick and some of the other goofy guys who played the role on Broadway in the 70s.

But I understand that GREASE is now a very different entity than it was the first time around. People somehow think that Danny and Sandy are Barbie and Ken, when the show was really written to be a parody of some not very bright slacker high school misfits during the 1950s.

Of the girls, Laura is absolutely stunning in person and radiates star quality. I don't dislike Ashley Spencer but she and Austin look like stars on a Princess cruise. There just isn't a lot going on there beyond technique.

That's exactly the thing - Sandy and Danny are Barbie and Ken. Danny is envisioned as the tall muscular jock, Sandy the short, vulnerable blonde. The parody aspect has been lost through the years.

I hate to ask this, but which one is Laura?

That's what I meant - America, not the creatives (though since the final 3 are all blonde, that's what they're going for).

I looked up Laura, everyone's favorite, just now on NBC.com....her press shots maker her out to be....not blonde! I wish she were that way on the show.

As I said, they all look the same to me.

Mea Culpa if she's not a blonde.

Definitely not blond:

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I also think that they should have the runners up do the matinees because while the contestants may be able to rock the house every SUnday night, we still have no clue as to if anyone can do it 8 times a week.

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