theatregoer3 said: "TheSassySam said: "What about Anika Noni Rose as Meg? "
LOVE this idea. Would also love Laura Benanti.
Would be rad to get all unknowns for this one considering the show will see fine with the name alone.
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I think we all can admit if they didn't do it with Frozen when they 1000% could have, then it isn't gonna happen with Hercules...however...I'm dream casting myself as Meg because DAMMIT, I adore her, I'm her and she is me, and she's the one Mouse heroine I don't have to be so "Disney princess mold-ey" with. She's the only one I fit what inherently exists, I don't have to think so hard...however, I know this has next to nil chance of happening LOLZ.
Anyway, my gushing aside, all of you suggesting Emmy can't-act-or-sing Rossum, I REALLY hope you're all kidding...she's way too uninteresting anyway, aside from Herc, Meg is the most interesting character in this thing.
As for our beloved Herc...this is a role for any of our well known Broadway cookie cutter princes (this isn't a knock in this case really), Ala Corey Cott, Derek Klena (who basically has said this is a dream role), etc. We know who these are. But yes he does need to be that gangly nerd, at the VERY least to begin with, because he comes into his hunky self later as darquegk says, but still retains his adorable, weird, awkward self. That NEEDS to stay, if only because it still makes him relatable and likable but also, I've ALWAYS believed this is why Meg falls for him in the first place. He's this sweet, goofy nerd who couldn't hurt a fly even if he wanted to, but she's been jaded to the point where she believes everyone is "petty and dishonest", and just by saying this in response to him wanting to be like everyone else, she already believes he's not those things. Herc absolutely must have a goofy and comic quirk to him as well. Neither Meg or Herc are cookie cutter Disney leads in terms of personality, they're pretty subversive when you think about it. The hunky but adorable sweetheart who decides everything via "feelings" and the snarky, dry humored, whip smart girl who decides everything by "logic". I love when romantic pairings are like this, there's something about this dichotomy that I'm a sucker for.
As for Hades and the Muses, I think we all knew YEARS ago that these will 100% be the crowd pleasing showstoppers. Heck, this is a rare bird in which not many people would want to be a lead, because let's be honest, we'd all want to be a sassy black woman just so we can me a muse! Myself included!
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