HUGH PANARO...............WHY DID HE NOT DO THE PHANTOM MOVIE?

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 10:54am

Was he not considered for the movie.......I think he would have been great.
How old is Hugh anyway....he looks young.

[Phanfare]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:09pm

He's in his early forties and many other people agree with you that he should have done the movie...I certainly do

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:11pm

He looks so young! I can believe he's in his forties!

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:22pm

he's a hottie

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:24pm

who was he gonna play?

[Phantomerik15]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:24pm

I KNOW, RIGHT? HUGH would have been great as the Phantom!
He was born in 1964...He's 40 years old!

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:25pm

ooh Phantom
but I love Gerard

[jjdude2000]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:27pm

SallyBrown, have you ever seen hugh???

Updated On: 1/2/05 at 12:27 PM

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:29pm

I have!! I have!!

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 12:48pm

actually no I havent
so I should shut up I know

[magruder]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 1:06pm

Yeah, I was kinda thinking about that last night while watching the movie. If Schumacher was going to go with an unknown in the lead and wanted someone great looking who could also sing the hell out of the score, why not Panaro? He IS 40, but doesn't look it at all.

[broadway86]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 1:13pm

"actually no I havent
so I should shut up I know"

No, you shouldn't. Say what you think.

[MTRBOI24]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 1:28pm

They went with Gerard because Andrew wanted a rock sounding voice. It worked.

MTRBOI24

[magruder]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 1:31pm

Gerard is a young sexy presence, and his rock sound was kinda interesting, I think. But he suffers when he has to produce a more legit sound.

[jjdude2000]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 1:36pm

"actually no I havent
so I should shut up I know"


noo i didnt mean it like that

sorry i was just wondering

Updated On: 1/2/05 at 01:36 PM

[magruder]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 1:54pm

What's not to like about this face?

Updated On: 1/2/05 at 01:54 PM

[birdboy782]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:01pm

Maybe Gerard's "rock sound" (or just bad singing and no technique or control masquerading as "rock sound") would have been more effective had Phantom been a "rock musical." However, it is not. Wouldn't that be funny if it was though? Christine screeching out those arias Brooklyn-style?...That would be "young and sexy" - surprised Joel didn't go for that.

Anyone remember those early early promo music videos of Phantom that Webber put together as a kind of audition for different actors in the role of the Phantom? Remember the Steve Harvey one? That one was "rock" and a disaster...Why does Webber have some crazy obsession with this "rock" idea that doesn't serve the peice??

[TGIF]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:06pm

Isn't Gerard supposed to be this big star in England?

Anyway I heart Hugh.

[renthead2005z]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:10pm

will hugh still be there in april??i saw him last march, and really wanna see him again when i go to see it!

[TGIF]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:12pm

As of now (according to his website) there is no date for him leaving the show.

[Chazds9]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 2:13pm

Joel Shumacher was quite insistent on having a young cast from what I understand.

[Dextrous Existence]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 4:35pm

When I saw 'Phantom' on Broadway last October, I was totally disappointed by the show. In fact, I hated it with a living passion. The ONLY redeeming quality I could pull from it was Hugh. He was AMAZING! He was gorgeous! He was totally cute when I saw him after the show.

When I read this topic, I hadn't even thought about why Hugh wasn't in the movie. And now that I think about it...haha...truly, why wasn't he?! Gerard is obviously not a vocalist, so he seemed to try to cover his voice up with a character voice: a voice of a disfigured man (with no vibrato). But I thought that the 'phantom has the voice of an angel, and only his face is disfigured'. Kinda funny.

[magruder]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 4:38pm

And as far as the "youth" of the film's cast...Gerard Butler is 35 to Hugh Panaro's 40. Not such a big difference.

[zepka102]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 4:40pm

i thought Hugh was AMAZING... i kept reading so much about him... i was so excited to finally see him in person... WELL worth it!


and birdboy, i remember those videos... they were quite scary... i think Gerard was A LOT better than Steve Harvey... no question about that :P!!

[QuiteSo]

Posted: 1/2/05 at 4:42pm

Hugh is beautiful and amazing and...*loses train of thought at the rememberance of his PONR*

What was I saying?