Lea Michele as Elphaha
Lea Michele as Elphaha
#1Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 2:22pmI've heard this before, that Lea would like to play Elphaba one day. Does anyone think that maybe because she has gotten so big lately..big as in famous for glee, she could play Elphaba on Broadway or maybe in a Wicked movie? I think she would be a great Elphaba.
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#2re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 2:29pm
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=941899#3834833
I think she'd be a great Elphaba. Always have.
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#4re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 2:52pmShe's too Idina Mendel-ish.
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#5re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 2:56pm
No.
But she'll probably do it after her TV career fails.
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#6re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 2:56pmI actually think she would be a great Elphaba.
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#7re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 3:05pmI think she could do it... and I prefer Elphaba to have a less than perfect face. She should be "interesting" looking, not 100% classically beautiful. (LM is very pretty, but not in the 100% "hollywood perfect" mode.)
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#8re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 3:49pmWhat? Like it's hard?
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#9re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 3:52pmShe has an ok voice, but when she sings or belts high it does not do anything for me (although that may just be because of how canned they sound on glee)
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#10re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 4:34pm
Due to the success of FOX TV's GLEE, I wouldn't be surprised if she's now on that list of contenders for Baz Luhrman's film adaptation.
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#11re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 4:42pmHaters can hate, I'd be pretty happy with it if she got cast in the movie.
blaxx
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#12re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 4:53pmGood. It's between her and a drill.
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dramamama611
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#13re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 5:05pmI wouldn't say she's a "star" quite yet. She could probably handle it vocally, but I'd have no desire to see it. I've seen it twice...once with the OBC and then again recently, I don't need to ever see it again.
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#14re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 5:07pm
AGREED about the terrible, canned sound of the songs on Glee. Most of those people can actually sing; why tweak it so much???
#15re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 5:27pmplease no
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#16re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 6:16pm
I don't think she could handle it.
And, can, you know, we stop comparing her to Idina for maybe five minutes? One is horrible, and the other is not. They have the same face shape and that's about as far as them being alike goes.
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#17re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 6:30pm
I actually think she's perfect for it. Close to the right age, interesting cheek/bone structure like most of the other Elphabas have had, and has a bizarre name like the other Elphabaas have had.
She can more than handle the role vocally. She hit a high A on last week's GLEE during the girl's mashup, which is far and beyond any note Elphaba has to sing.
She's getting great notoriety now through Glee. If anyone were wise, they'd move on this picture while she's still hot within the next few years.
And she is NOTHING like Idina Menzel. MUCH better voice by far, more control, sensitivity, and musicality in my opinion. But...I don't know much :)
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#18re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 7:05pm
Her high A wasn't that great, though, IMO.
I dunno, I think she's a good singer, but I don't think she's amazing either.
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#19re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 7:09pmLike Brody said, I'm pretty sure if GLEE continues to be a success and she gets more widely known, she has a very good chance at the film version since there's no way in hell they would cast anyone "unknown" (and for the most part, she's still unknown for now).
#20re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/9/09 at 7:23pmWhile I'm still not sold on the idea of Wicked as a movie, Lea seems to be just about perfect. She has the looks, the voice, and now the fame that anyone casting Wicked would be looking for.
#21re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/10/09 at 3:24pmWe will get a taste of Lea Michele as Elphie on the new Glee CD coming out November 4th. One of the tracks is Defying Gravity and word is that it is Lea and the guy that plays Kurt as Galinda! It should be interesting and hopefully amazing!
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#22re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/10/09 at 4:49pm
blaxx! I hope that is a Legally Blonde reference 
thewizloveschen
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#24re: Lea Michele as Elphaha
Posted: 10/10/09 at 5:19pm
Well either way, it's still a quote from the movie to me
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