Is Lea Michele trying to be Louise in the Gypsy film?

[jdtp12]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 12:54am

I couldn't find it online, but I just saw her in a new ad for an HP Tablet singing "Let Me Entertain You." Any chance she's hoping Streisand will see it?

[CockeyedOptimist2]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 1:20am

First she's trying to be Streisand to be in Funny Girl. Now she's trying to be Streisand's daughter to be in Gypsy? When will that girl realize that she is not the second coming of Barbara Streisand or the other Broadway divas she seeks to emulate?

[EvelynOakleigh]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 1:44am

I agree, but i actually could see her pulling off louise...

[Q]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 2:25am

"i actually could see her pulling off louise"

No, thank you. Anne Hathaway, please.

[ChiChi]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 2:28am

I thought this had been cancelled. What's the most recent news? And I REALLY hope that they pick someone else for Funny Girl. I just REALLY don't see her as Fanny. It could probably ruin that show forever for me. And I'm really not trying to be mean.

And I don't want her as Louise either. That would also be bad. I guess I really can't think of anything I would want to see her in as the star attraction. Maybe Carrie!

Updated On: 7/21/11 at 02:28 AM

[ComingUpRoses2]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 2:34am

Last I heard, it was on at Universal after Warner Bros. backed out. Joel Silver is still producing. I don't think there's a script yet, but I've heard that Laurents' last wish was to make sure it was faithful to the original script.

I'd hate to see her as Louise. She's just not a very exciting actress at all. Her voice is nice. Can we have an Anne Hathaway or Natalie Portman type please?
Updated On: 7/21/11 at 02:34 AM

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 2:37am

This sounds like it could be amusing.
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[ComingUpRoses2]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 2:55am

Oh, dear! I just saw the ad on YouTube. She just doesn't have the sexiness the role needs for the 2nd act or the chops for the 1st act. Can we just bring back Laura Benanti, please? Perhaps with Babs in the lead, they can take a chance on actors who can actually play the role well, even though they might not be "names" in the film world.

Nevermind, Benanti would read too old on screen to play a young girl. Anyone just not Lea Michele. She just annoys me to no end!

[Overkill]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 3:06am

I would love to see her as Louise. No, the girl isn't the second coming of Christ, but she's still got talent and I think we forget that. I think she's perfect for the role, especially with Striesand. And I think Lea has plenty of sex appeal for the second act. I'll be alone in this statement, but I stand by it. :)

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 3:13am

You're all idiotic.

I highly doubt she walked in and told them the song she'd be singing, they played to her strengths and her background to sell their product. HP has no interest in the GYPSY film.

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 4:48am

ComingUpRoses mentions that Arthur Laurents's last wish was that the movie script be faithful to the original script. How does that leave the final scene of the second act? In the true original script after the dressing room scene and "Rose's Turn", Rose and Louise have a sort of reconciliation, with Rose speaking about her most recent dream, ending with the ad that she sees with the words,"Madam Rose ...and her daughter Gypsy." Then the underscoring music comes up and the two arm in arm walk off into the wings. Curtain.

But Laurents tinkered with that ending for the Patti LuPone Gypsy. For that ending, he utilizes an electric sign with the name Rose on it. Louise goes off into the wings by herself, laughing AT Rose. Then Rose, alone on stage, sees the sign blink slowly off, signifying both her having to let go of Louise and the failure of Rose to ever achieve anything on stage for herself.

So, which ending will be considered true to the script? Personally, I prefer the original ending because the show then ends with a certain upbeat quality. With the new Laurents ending, Louise is spiteful and Rose is crestfallen, ending the show on a "downer" note.

What do you think?

Updated On: 7/21/11 at 04:48 AM

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 5:42am

Comfortable middle, maybe? The Lansbury production apparently had one where it was clear Rose would have to accept her failure to ever achieve anything on stage for herself and let go of Louise, if I remember correctly. Much less specific than the LuPone ending.

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 6:17am

The Lansbury "Gypsy" ending was perfectly clear: "If I coulda been, I woulda been" as delivered by Lansbury left no doubt.

But it also left you with the impression that Rose and Gypsy had reached a new understanding that would allow them to become friends.

I've only seen a bad bootleg tape of the Lupone ending, but if the post-number scene is merely about reiterating Rose's final defeat and humiliation, I say cut it. Silence at the end of "Rose's Turn" would accomplish the same thing on film. And anyway, there's no way Streisand is going to play defeated.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 6:49am

Gypsy Rose Lee was a sex symbol.

I can't see Lea Michele as a sex symbol.

[madbrian]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 8:07am

Hathaway as Louise, Anna Kendrick as June, Kevin Kline as Herbie. Steve Buscemi as Uncle Jocko.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 10:01am

Does anyone see that she goes to the Wicked Witch's big entrance on her HP tablet? Fishing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cpFoQ39W50

[Jon]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 10:44am

Louise Hovick/Gypsy Rose Lee was not a midget.

[timote316]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 11:11am

Why is it that when she is given a song to sing, everyone on here jumps on it as her audition for a role, like she waltzed into whatever planning room there was and demanded to sing it? It happened when she sang "The Wizard and I" for some benefit years back, then "Don't Rain on My Parade", now "Let Me Entertain You." While I'm sure she'd love to play all three roles, it's not necessarily her doing all the time...

[JP2]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 11:18am

"You're all idiotic.

I highly doubt she walked in and told them the song she'd be singing, they played to her strengths and her background to sell their product. HP has no interest in the GYPSY film."


EXACTLY.
What a silly thread filled with even sillier responses.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 11:50am

I highly doubt she walked in and told them the song she'd be singing, they played to her strengths and her background to sell their product. HP has no interest in the GYPSY film.

Thank you for bringing some common sense to this thread.

[Owen22]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 12:13pm

"First she's trying to be Streisand to be in Funny Girl. Now she's trying to be Streisand's daughter to be in Gypsy? When will that girl realize that she is not the second coming of Barbara Streisand or the other Broadway divas she seeks to emulate?"

Um...when you all realized she IS the second coming of Barbra and is also the most exciting young musical theatre talent of the moment.


Updated On: 7/21/11 at 12:13 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 12:17pm

I saw her in a deli. The special was a ham sandwich, but she just had a cup of coffee. Do you think she's angling for the yet-unwritten Babe The Musical?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 12:40pm

There is not going to be any film version of GYPSY with Streisand.

Period.

But you probably will see her doing 'Rose's Turn' in her next concert.

[greensgreens]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 2:31pm

Lea is pretty powerful right now as she is hot for a big demographic (perhaps that does not include jaded show queens). So, it's not really that unheard of for HP to have approached her about doing the spot and for her to have "suggested" what song she would sing. It's not like "Let Me Entertain You" is the only song in the world that they could have used for that commercial. Someone had to choose it. However, WHO chose it is the question at hand (however ridiculous the question may seem).

[Kad]

Posted: 7/21/11 at 2:41pm

"Um...when you all realized she IS the second coming of Barbra and is also the most exciting young musical theatre talent of the moment."

She's neither, no matter how hard she wishes.