Katie Holmes wants to star in NINE film — Page 2

I wouldn't mind seeing Demi Moore as Luisa but then about her singing "My Husband Makes Movies" or "Be On Your Own" and I can't really picture it.
After seeing IN THE BEDROOM, MY COUSIN VINNY and ALFIE rather recently, I think Marisa Tomei needs to be a part of this movie (someone suggested her in the NINE movie thread and I rejected the idea but not anymore).
Katie Holmes, please stay away from this movie.

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Katie Holmes.... well since she is so unbelievable talented, I think she would kill in this role.

IMDb has it listed, but no cast. The message boards suggest Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp, Nicole Kidman and of course, Chita Rivera!

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I can definitley see Demi Moore as Luisa, but I really can't see Katie Holmes as any role. If I had to cast her in a role I would put her in as Carla.

Meryl Streep is NOT Saraghina.

She looks nothing like what the part calls for.

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Well thank you Foa.. i haven't seen it so i don't know... but from the one time i read the script and from hearing the music it was just an idea.

He needs to work on his diction. I couldn't understand a word that came out of his mouth. There are still some lines on the recording I can't make out.

He did sing better than I expected though

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I know I'm committing a major felony with this statement...

...but I wish they'd go ahead and get the "big-star-actresses" they want for this film. Larger-than-life, recognizable ladies, who are box office favorites with the acting chops to back it up...

...and then DUB them, if needed, and IF they're good enough to be believable fake-singing on screen.

If they can lip-sync and/or sing along as good as Natalie Wood, Deborah Kerr or Audrey Hepburn on camera... then get a decent ghost singer and let's "have it all" in a musical movie again. Those three stars mentioned above gave indelible performances in those roles... and I wouldn't want to see anyone else play them in a movie, because they NAILED it. It's been done now, and perfectly. But they could only play these parts on film, because they didn't have the singing pipes in "real life."

And I say SO WHAT?! It's a MOVIE. Nothing is real. And it's a movie MUSICAL. Even MORE of everything is not real. They have to make me THINK they're singing, sure, just like they have to make me think they're falling off a building or taking a punch, if need be, when actually it's a stunt double doing the work.

I don't mind singing doubles one bit, as long as it's done to perfection.

THERE! Go ahead and lynch me.

But just one more time, I'd like to have it all in a film musical. A big movie star, box office gold, everyone knows who they are, they can act the crap out of the part, perfect for the character, and when they open up their mouths to sing, out comes aural bliss. Not some nasal, mousy star who can "get by" with the songs. Or not some fabulously talented singer that nobody beyond a four-block radius has ever heard of, causing the film to make four dollars at the box office.

I want it all!

*cue the "Baby" song*

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Don't forget the young pop stars, folks.

I'm sure we'll see Britney or someone dangling from the ceiling wrapped in a sheet.

Best12, I think one of the factors that attract many people to a movie musical nowadays is to see their favorite box-office stars "singing." However, I do agree with you, I wouldn't mind to see some stars dubbed if it means we'll get some stars that are able to truly act the parts. I don't think Katie Holmes is part of that group.
I just want this movie to be BIG but with actresses who can really nail those roles.

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Actually, FOAnatic... it does.

The dubbing in those films I mentioned was done in secrecy. I guess in hindsight it doesn't matter to me. I don't fault Audrey or Deborah or Natalie, but I'm sure at the time, it was a big deal to keep it under wraps.

And you couldn't get away with that today. Even if a ghost singer signed a "gag order" (as Marni Nixon did on all three occasions), it would leak out SO fast today. There are cameras everywhere filming behind-the-scenes, plus bloggers would spill the beans before the film was released.

And as silly as it sounds to me, I think you're right. It would hurt their chances of awards, and even good reviews.

Just once, I'd like to see an action star criticized for not doing a stunt. It's the same logic.

I just don't want to watch another sweet, young "Hollywood lovely" grab a part like Christine Daae, and sing it like a 10-year-old boy with a sinus problem again.

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Hee hee! Good one best12

And FOA

Ummm...don't put it past them.