Kevin Spacey in "Philadelphia Story?" Isn't it time to face middle age?
Kevin Spacey in "Philadelphia Story?" Isn't it time to face middle age?
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#0Kevin Spacey in "Philadelphia Story?" Isn't it time to face middle age?
Posted: 5/3/05 at 7:32amAfter playing Bobby Darin a full decade older than Darin was when he died, the forever-boyish Spacey is now doing Philadelphia Story? I'm all for fighting ageism, but isn't it time to gracefully face middle age, Kevin?
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#1re: Kevin Spacey in 'Philadelphia Story?' Isn't it time to face middle age?
Posted: 5/3/05 at 9:08amYes, the older he admits to, the more hits he'd get on SilverDaddies.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
#2re: Kevin Spacey in 'Philadelphia Story?' Isn't it time to face middle age?
Posted: 5/3/05 at 1:21pmI thought the same exact thing.
sharon1
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/03
#3re: Kevin Spacey in 'Philadelphia Story?' Isn't it time to face middle age?
Posted: 5/3/05 at 1:39pmWasn't Bing Crosby 53 when he did the musical version "High Society" I don't think age is an issue
#4re: Kevin Spacey in 'Philadelphia Story?' Isn't it time to face middle age?
Posted: 5/3/05 at 1:52pmBecause Bing embraced his age, and in doing so aged gracefully. Spacey, whom I used to be a huge fan of...not so much.
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#5re: Kevin Spacey in 'Philadelphia Story?' Isn't it time to face middle age
Posted: 5/3/05 at 1:55pmHis performance as Bobby Darin was one of the most staggeringly self indulgent disasters committed to celluloid in recent memory. Here's hoping Philadelphia Story is better.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#6re: Kevin Spacey in 'Philadelphia Story?' Isn't it time to face middle age
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:42pmagreed. that was won of the most aggregeous ego-projects i can think of.
"You've gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are."
#7re: Kevin Spacey in 'Philadelphia Story?' Isn't it time to face middle age
Posted: 5/3/05 at 5:51pm
I've seen "The Philadelphia Story" movie and the "High Society" remake and never thought of the actors as playing young people. Tracy had been married and divorced already to Dex and none of the performances were age specific. Except that annoying little sister character, who I read was just as annoying in the High Society musical with Randy Graff.
I never saw the Bobby Darin movie, but I do enjoy Kevin Spacey as an actor. I think he could pull off the Dex character. He's not planning on playing the Jimmy Stewart reporter character, is he?
"My dreams, watching me said, one to the other...this life has let us down."
conanissexy18
Swing Joined: 4/1/05
#8re: Kevin Spacey in 'Philadelphia Story?' Isn't it time to face middle age
Posted: 5/7/05 at 7:29pm
If any other actor had made "Beyond the Sea," oscar nom's would have abounded. But because everyone already knows Kevin Spacey is probably one of the most talented actors around, and because he's already proved it, people shrugged the movie off.
Kevin Spacey is a great actor, enough said, and I'm sure that he could do at 80 what most of us could never do in the prime of life. And he's a ways off from 80.
rawleygirl
Understudy Joined: 4/23/05
#9re: Kevin Spacey in 'Philadelphia Story?' Isn't it time to face middle age
Posted: 5/8/05 at 2:00amMiddle age is only one of the many things Sissy Spacey has to face.
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