Jeremy Jordan is at peace with being fired from "Finding Neverland"

[chanel]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 10:26am

So he says in his 54 Below Act (scroll down), especially since he got to get a TV pilot.

In his act (as described), Jeremy also asks trivia questions about himself and gave an audience member "the wig Jonathan Groff bought me."

 

 

[chanel]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 10:27am

http://www.out.com/michael-musto/2015/6/29/johnny-hazzard-being-dramatic-actor-tour-guide-and-single

[Bilbo3]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 10:52am

But he wasn't fired. Mathew was the person they wanted from the beginning. Jordan shouldn't be upset, he was 10000 times better than Morrison.

[tazber]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 10:59am

Yea, the big loser in this scenario is the show.

[Kad]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 11:09am

And Jordan certainly isn't wanting for work or exposure.

[decast]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 11:31am

Either way, I think he had a lucky escape and he's really wonderful in the Supergirl pilot, his character is a lot of fun and it looks like he'll have plenty to do as the series progresses. 

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 11:37am

I am convinced that posters on this board (and perhaps, Michael Riedel) turned this into much more of a "thing" than it ever was for Jeremy Jordan. 

[Kad]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 11:48am

I greatly suspect that is true. This wasn't an extraordinary event in the world of theatre.

Updated On: 6/29/15 at 11:48 AM

[Bilbo3]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 11:50am

Well Jordan's mother and brother wouldn't shut up about it on twitter. But yeah, I think this whole thing got completely out of hand. But it does seem Jeremy was genuinely hurt he wouldn't be going to broadway in this production. Maybe he was given hope only to have it be smacked down. Only Jordan knows the real story.

[chanel]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 11:58am

Well, Jeremy talks about how difficult it was and how now he's now at peace with it, so for those who say "He saw it coming," it's not as black and white as that.

[Kad]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 12:07pm

Musto just says Jordan says he's "come to peace with it." The article mentions nothing about how difficult it was for him.

[Bilbo3]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 12:08pm

Coming to peace with something usually means it was a difficult thing to come to terms with. 

[LarryD2]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 12:09pm

"Well, Jeremy talks about how difficult it was and how now he's now at peace with it, so for those who say "He saw it coming," it's not as black and white as that."

 These things are not mutually exclusive. You can still take the news that you're not continuing on with a show difficultly even if you knew that was the likely endpoint all along.

[skies]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 12:35pm

When the tryout in Boston from  did well, its hard not to think you could be allowed to continue to BW.

[LarryD2]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 12:42pm

"When the tryout in Boston from  did well, its hard not to think you could be allowed to continue to BW."

 Not when you know going in that the producers want someone else...

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 12:59pm

And the producers were very clear from the beginning that they wanted someone else. Jeremy knew that. I'm sure it is still tough to be with a show through its gestation knowing you won't be there for its big moment on Broadway. That is still something to make peace with, and he certainly wasn't fired. He performed through the end of his contract and was replaced as planned.

[Back Row]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 1:25pm

In an earlier interview, Jordan had said that he tried to negotiate a Broadway guarantee but couldn't, but signed on anyway when they promised him he could take the show to London before it went to Broadway. I doubt that Weinstein ever seriously intended to have a pre-Broadway London run, despite occasional references to it, and Jordan probably learned a lesson about trust in the process. What I picked up from the various interviews was that there was genuine mutual affection for the Neverland cast and Jordan, and that may have been the toughest thing for him to deal with: being left behind as his friends moved on. And he's a confident guy. He probably knew that Morrison would not be able to perform the role better than him, and that had to be somewhat galling to lose the part for reasons that were out of his control.  

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 1:28pm

I think that some of the posters on this board are more upset about this than Jeremy Jordan himself.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 1:36pm

Well, Jeremy talks about how difficult it was and how now he's now at peace with it, so for those who say "He saw it coming," it's not as black and white as that. 

Then how was it?  What on earth did the producers do that he's still making an issue out of it?  He was asked to do the tryout and that was it.  How was he traumatized by the producers continuing with their plan to have Morrison star on Broadway and not be offered his third starring role in a new Broadway musical?  It's not like he was LuPoned out of a starring role with a signed contract or anything.  I'm starting to find his personality to be almost as insufferable as his voice.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 2:01pm

I think it all went bad for him when he was interviewed by a Boston TV station, they asked him which was his favorite number from the show and he responded that it was a toss-up between "Welcome To The Renaissance" and "God, I Hate Shakespeare".

[Bilbo3]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 2:15pm

In an earlier interview, Jordan had said that he tried to negotiate a Broadway guarantee but couldn't, but signed on anyway when they promised him he could take the show to London before it went to Broadway.

I had no idea about this. I'm getting Patti Lupone Sunset boulevard Deja vu. 

 

[skies]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 2:17pm

I certainly don't think that Jeremy Jordan  wore mourning clothes and tore out his hair that that he didn't continue the role to BW, but geeze,  any  actor with professional pride would be bothered even somewhat that he wasn't deemed good enough to continue with the role.

Sure Weinstein might have preferred Matt, but it's hard to fathom  that Jeremy or any actor with a pulse under the context might not have had some hope that he still might get the BW gig.  

It's not like Jeremy  is some complete unnknown whos never headed a BW production.

Updated On: 6/29/15 at 02:17 PM

[hork]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 2:54pm

Wait, so he's on Supergirl now? Are they just casting DC superhero TV show supporting roles from Broadway musicals now (what with Carlos Valdes being on The Flash)?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 4:12pm

but geeze,  any  actor with professional pride would be bothered even somewhat that he wasn't deemed good enough to continue with the role.

Did they tell him he wasn't good enough?  Or did they just resume with their original casting as planned after they hired Jordan to perform the tryout in the interim?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 4:16pm

Jeremy Jordan was clinically depressed when he didn't get to Broadway with the show.

That's my opinion.