Gyllenhaal’s Tevye?

I can only see a new film version being done for some streaming service as a prestige project.

I'm sure Gyllenhaal would sell tickets on Broadway - he probably does better now as a lead on Bwy than as a lead in films. But, he's only 42. For Tevye I'd prefer he wait until he's a bit older. There are plenty of roles he could tackle now.

Now that Encores has done Dear World, maybe they could do Jerry Herman 's The Grand Tour next?

Or, how about a revival of Little Me? The Martin Short revival closed 24 years ago.

You realize Topol was in his 30’s when he started playing Tevye and when the movie was made, yeah?

willep said: "You realize Topol was in his 30’s when he started playing Tevye and when the movie was made, yeah?"

Technically, the character breakdown for Tevye is 35-60. It truly relies on the actor and how he portrays an older man. Topol did just that so he wasn’t just playing Tevye as himself but adding the older man physicality, mannerisms, voice, etc. The beard alone created the visual needed as even a 15 year old male with a beard can look 40.

This is Topol when he played Tevye in the original 1967 London production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (at age 32):

BrodyFosse123 said: "willep said: "You realize Topol was in his 30’s when he started playing Tevye and when the movie was made, yeah?"

Technically, the character breakdown for Tevye is 35-60. It truly relies on the actor and how he portrays an older man. Topol did just that so he wasn’t just playing Tevye as himself but adding the older man physicality, mannerisms, voice, etc. The beard alone created the visual needed as even a 15 year old male with a beard can look 40.

This is Topol when he played Tevye in the original 1967 London production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (at age 32):

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He actually has the look of Jake in that photo. I can see Jake in Fiddler much more than Josh.

Also these days age is so much more subjective. People look younger now than they did 30 or more years ago at the same age.

First, obviously duh yes please God in heaven let this happen and happen ASAP but secondly, I feel like Tevye is like Rose, where he’s usually played a lot older than he should be.


If we’re looking at a man like Tevye with 7 children who has been married for 25 years, from a historical standpoint, it’s more than possible Tzeitel was born before he was even 18 and she’s 19 in the musical. So knowing that and just saying he was 18 when married he’d be 43 (very possible he was a couple years older or younger). Right now, Jake is 42 so it’s perfect casting.

Someone in a Tree2 said: "That’d be 5 kids as far as we know. Unless he has a couple more by Yente that no one’s admitting to..."



^Jordan might be thinking of the Sholem Aleichem source material, where Tevye does have 7 children. In the musical it's reduced to 5.

Come to think of it, I kept thinking Topol looked like Jake in Flash Gordon.

He sure gives off Daddy vibes to me

Jordan Catalano said: "Actually, I just mistyped. But we'll go with me being scholarly and saying 7 for that reason. "

If the Schuylers can really have more than the three daughters, Tevya can have a couple more kids, too,



I think Sinatra as Tevya should have happened:



I’m Frank Sinatra, and I’m Perfect for the Role of Tevye - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency (mcsweeneys.net)