I guess it's official - Knowles in Dreamgirls — Page 3

The accompanying picture makes her look like a drag queen.

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Beyonce was supposedly passed over for Joanne in the film of RENT because of her lack of acting skills in her screentest.

She is better suited for Deena, however, so maybe she'll take a few Meisner classes before they start filming. I trust Bill Condon as a director.

DREAMGIRLS is one of the few musicals I know little about.

How much is the show a "thinly veiled" look at the Supremes.

I know the early workshops of the show had absolutely nothing to do with anything resembling the nightmare that is Diana Ross.

Some of their suggested picks for the movie are ridiculous. Mya? Fantasia? Rosario Dawson? Brandy?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I sincerely hope Deborah Cox at least auditions for the part of Lorell Robinson (even though she would have been better as Deena).

Well "Margo Channing" was already taken!

Well I know DREAMGIRLS isn't going to be all sung on film - as the stage production. Also, new songs are being written, so I imagine we will eventually have thirty threads complaining about the rewriting of the musical for the big screen.

I just want to say that despite all the rumors; Beyonces name was not on the dotted line till yesterday. Also Don Cheadel is testing for one role this coming week.

And that is all I am going to say.

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Christina Milian must have a helluva agent, because people act like she actually has acting talent. Her or Mya would be good for Michelle, since they both are poor man's Beyonces anyway, but they could not play Lorell.

I don't really want Don C. He's not good in domineering roles. They need to let Norm Lewis get looooooose with this part!


And if Fantasia isn't Lorell. I'll actually cry.

Hehehehe, Marquise. You know I need to jump on the bandwagon too. I'll be a Beyonce "Stan" but I'll be a correct one.

^^^^^^SO TRUE!!!

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Let me just say that I'm a huge Beyonce fan, but I didn't really want her to play Deena. Mostly due to the fact I felt her voice was too soulful and powerful. I really felt Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child would have been more suited for the part of Deena. But since she's got the role I think she could pull it off.I'm really interested in how the character Deena is portrayed because she's my favorite character.I do see some resemblence between Deena and Diana Ross,whom I am also a big fan off. I really want to see how Beyonce pulls off this role.Just think about it, first and foremost she will have to change her singing style. Secondly she will have to change her look. The Dreams look was very inspired by The Supremes meaning that they wore short black bob haircuts and all of you all who have seen any production of dreamgirls knows this is true. That means Beyonce will have to get rid of her long infamous blonde hair. Also many have said that Dreamgirls is a thin vield Supremes story. Yes there are some bits and pieces of The Supremes but it is not their story. When Dreamgirls first premired on broadway it was promoted as being losley based on the Supremes. Mary Wilson saw so much of The Supremes in the Dreams she named her book after the musical.Now many have said Diana Ross didn't like the show because she felt the musical gave her a bad name.But this too is not true, she just didn't like it being called The Supremes story because it's not.

Well, this is interesting. I shudder when recalling her performances at the Academy Awards this year.