I think I actually need to see him do COMPANY now. It's not a want, it's an actual need.
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I'm supposed to sympathize with Jake Gyllenhall? The guy who could have any girl he wants? Pass.
^That's the entire point of Bobby.
"So single and attentive and attractive a man
Is everything a person could wish"
He would be perfect.
Jake is a transformative actor. Him in "Little Shop of Horrors" is proof of that. Did he look like he could get anybody he wanted then? Absolutely not. Anyway Jordan, you should become a casting director just to make this happen. I loved Jake before, but after this week I'm simply enamored with him. I want him to play anything.
...if you think the point of Company is that Bobby can't get girls, you've somehow missed the point of Company.
And I hope your screenname is where you live and not a reference to the show, since you clearly don't understand it.
We don't need another stage production of COMPANY. How bout Jake in a movie version?
he has three girls at once, i don't think that's because the character is supposed to be hideous
If they were ever going to make a film version of it, as they've talked about doing for years, they should do it now with him.
Updated On: 10/27/16 at 01:36 PM
It really is. As long as they don't cast Meryl Streep as Joanne.
Jordan, I was actually thinking during Sunday how much I'd rather have seen him as Bobby than George. I know many disagree, but I thought Jake's George was too unaffected and, as somebody wrote on the main Sunday thread, "unaware." I wanted more deliberateness and power from him as George. The role of Bobby, however, requires a level of naïveté and a lack of raw force (up until Being Alive). I think Jake would be an amazing Bobby, and I'd likely much prefer him in that role than I did George.
Updated On: 10/27/16 at 02:31 PM
Cate Blanchett for Joanne
My god, if he did two full scale Sondheim revivals, he would totally be on his way to becoming one our great current Sondheim interpreters. The man is crazy talented. Maybe in 15 years he'll be Ben in Follies. Currently, he'd be a ridiculously good Carl Magnus in Night Music.
"So many possibilities."
Toni Collette should play Joanne.
Yes. Let's make this into another dreamcasting thread. To annoy Jordan if nothing else.. :p
Ooh, can Annaleigh Ashford be Amy?
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If Jake wants to do another Sondheim show, I would rather see him do Passion than Company.
Ooh! Good. Another Sondheim role for him. Giorgio.
George
Bobby
Carl Magnus
Giorgio
Sara Ramirez for April.
He'd actually make a good Sweeney too, no? In a couple of years? Bring back that Seymour beard.
I was perfectly content to wait another 5-10 years for Daniel Radcliffe to do it but now this is what I need. You've ruined me.
I want to see him try and do Bernadette Peters doing Sally in FOLLIES. It would really show his versatility as an actor.
I'd like to see him play a different Robert, in Bridges of Madison County.
Valentina3 said: "It really is. As long as they don't cast Meryl Streep as Joanne.
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Actually I really like this idea. It would increase the film's chances of being made, too.
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