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Picture Gallery. Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
bare_nakedlady
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#75re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/8/07 at 10:41am
"It's like children's theatre for 40-year old gay people!" - XANADU THE MUSICAL
bare_nakedlady
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#76re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/8/07 at 10:41am
"It's like children's theatre for 40-year old gay people!" - XANADU THE MUSICAL
#77re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/8/07 at 11:23am
I swear to God Faye's scarier today than she was in Mommie Dearest.
Hard.
Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.
-John Patrick Shanley
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#78re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/8/07 at 11:29am
Check this out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFjz-f_oE8
#79re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/8/07 at 2:23pm
I still prefer this, with the original high key that was lowered later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9nL4bqEvHw
Norma D
Understudy Joined: 9/22/06
#80re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/9/07 at 11:46am
Ok--Meryl is my pick of the three mentioned. I love Babs but--Norma? Really? I just don't see it! So here's my favorite Norma and if it were 5 years ago she would have had the voice for it--I know she doesn't so much anymore but I can dream right? Elaine Paige (which sometimes I must say I feel like I'm the last of the die hard EP fans on this board
) So here is my dream Norma--
It's been a long time since I posted a picture so I hope this works! By the way--why has Elaine's voice gone so downhill over the last few years? She's younger than Babs whose voice I think is still remarkable for her age---Why oh why did it happen to EP? Ok--done ranting!:)
Bill's thirty-two. He looks thirty-two. He looked it five years ago, he'll look it twenty years from now. I hate men. --Margo Channing
Updated On: 8/9/07 at 11:46 AM
#81re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 12:20pmI loved the clip! Glenn is perfection.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
Boq101
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/20/06
#82re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 12:25pm
...PATTI!
Well I don't think Patti's Norma would work on screen. I think Meryl's got all the chops, the other two lack certain...something...
Fan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#83re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 1:27pm
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2007/08/10/glenn-close-anxious-to-walk-down-sunset-boulevard
>>Glenn Close Anxious To Walk Down ‘Sunset Boulevard’
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Refusing to speculate on who her leading man could be — Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman have both been rumored — Close promises one thing is certain…she’s ready to do it. “Oh, man,” she exclaimed. “So ready.”<<<
AngusN
Broadway Star Joined: 3/23/05
#84re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 2:03pmMy vote has to go to Meryl. There are very few that can inhibit a role like she can. Plus, Glenn's had her chance, let's see another interpretation by a wonderful actress.
#85re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 3:00pm
I would love to see Elaine Paige play norma desmond on screen. But I know it will never happen
#86re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 3:16pm
Fan2, thanks for posting that, it's exciting to read that Glenn is willing to do this, and it's also MTV which is a lot more reliable than imdb, actually, like someone else said earlier, my choice would be Glenn, she really 'gets' the role, but if Lupone, Paige, Streep, Streisand, or pretty much anyone would star in it, I'd be running to the movie theatre.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#87re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 6:43pmCan Meryl streep even sing? I've never heard anything from her...great actress though
#88re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 9/23/08 at 4:53pmout of those 3 choices BARBRA all the way!! would love to see patti in it.
#89re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 9/23/08 at 6:06pm
I am all for Glenn to star in this movie. I am also in favor of James Marsden as Joe. I think Hugh would be a good pick but as the years roll on it seems he is getting too old for the project.
After seeing Mamma Mia! I do not think Meryl would be the right choice at all. I felt her voice lacked richness and color.
Also the MTV link was from an article that was over a year ago. Has there been any recent updates?
Updated On: 9/23/08 at 06:06 PM
#91re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 9/24/08 at 11:59am
As much as I LOVE me some Lupone and adore the way she sings "With One Look," she just didn't have the strength and presence that Glenn had in the role. She just looked like she was wandering around the set for most of the number. Glenn had TOTAL control of your attention throughout the show.
And the difference in the key after Glenn took over was more just the last part of the number . . . for Glenn they modulate the last part down so the song doesn't have as high a belt section at the end. I'm fairly certain the rest of the number is in the same key.
". . . POP . . ."
Updated On: 9/24/08 at 11:59 AM
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#92re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 9/24/08 at 12:11pm
Here's Glenn's quote when asked last year about all those rumors regarding any upcoming film adaptation of the musical version of SUNSET BLVD.
"... don't hold your breath."
Alan Campbell, Billy Wilder, Glenn Close and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber: 
#93re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:00pm
She was not mentioned in this but come on people....
Talk about perfect casting....
LIZA MINNELLI.
She is one of those who was very cute for the stage and screen so many years ago. Her voice is shot to hell (and so is she...) I love her to death and think if she had a brilliant director they could get her to do this brilliantly.
Gloria Swanson was a washed up has been when she did the part... and she is now known forever with this role. I think Liza should do it. JMHO
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#94re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:18pm
I would love to see Meryl in this role.
Christine Ebersole would be INCREDIBLE.
...everyone was doing the mambo and drinking golden cadillacs...
#95re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:50pm
I have to agree. I think Christine would be brilliant!
But out of the three, I'd choose Glenn. LOVE Barbra, but I think she's content with gardening the rest of her life.
#96re: Barbra, Glenn or Meryl for SUNSET BLVD?
Posted: 9/24/08 at 4:24pm
Noooooooooo, not Liza!
She's hard to look at.
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