Question About Rent

#1

Question About Rent

Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:46am

This is probably going to be a stupid question, and i know i should check this board more often, but can someone tell me why Daphne Rubin Vega didn't sign onto the movie? This has probably been asked 1000 times but i know by coming on here i'll get the fastest answer. Thanks Guys:) Jaye*

#2

re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:47am

She looks a lot older than the rest of the cast, IMO, and just... can't look nineteen. Plus, she just had a baby a few months ago. I don't know that it's the *exact* answer, but probably a factor.

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#3

re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:48am

Daphne recently had a baby which would have conflicted with filming.
She was also the oldest member of the OBC.

#4

re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:50am

Hmm i wonder if she was upset? it must suck not being able to be apart of it with all your original cast members. But everything happens for a reason!

#5

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Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:51am

She was way too old. When I saw the original production and she said " I'm nineteen" I could've sworn it was a comedy.

#6

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Posted: 6/8/05 at 12:52am

Fredi Walker Browne wasn't asked back either
I hope they both can get cameos

#7

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Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:00am

I also heard that she really messed up her voice with smoking.

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#8

re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:17am

If her voice is so screwed up from smoking, then why is she still performing? If it was too bad to do the movie, then it would be too bad to do concerts, and she's still doing those. I think age/motherhood are more likely factors than an unfounded rumor like this.

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#9

re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:19am

I heard her live for the first time last October. Her voice isn't completely gone, but she really doesn't sound like she used to. She's still a kick-ass performer, with some of the best stage presence I've ever seen, though.

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#10

re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/8/05 at 1:22am

last i heard fredi walker was hiding on a tropical island. I think I would be more interested to her reprise her role more than ruben vega only because of her post rent seclusion.

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#11

re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/9/05 at 2:11am

i heard the same about fredi. and emcee- i think i was at the same concert as you in october. @ kean? she didn't sound too bad. not like she used to- but not bad at all...

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#12

re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/9/05 at 2:16am

I REALLY wish that they would film her doing "OUUUUT TONIGHT", and add it to the DVD!! She might have to git back in shape, but she can do it!!!

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#13

re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/9/05 at 9:47am

She was way too old. When I saw the original production and she said " I'm nineteen" I could've sworn it was a comedy. >>>

Harsh.

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#14

re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/9/05 at 10:37am

Fredi Walker Browne isn't "hiding" on a tropical island. LOL. SOunds like she's a fugitive or something!

I forget where but she lives on the Caribbean. She came back to do the OBC reunion at Studio 54 a few years ago. And she was Rafiki in The Lion King National Tour a year or so ago.

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re: Question About Rent

Posted: 6/9/05 at 10:40am

Here's more on Fredi:
http://www.actorsaccess.com/viewresume.cfm?email=95411&actor=149365&confirm=70501

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#16

Poor Daphne....hard life?

Posted: 6/9/05 at 10:46am

I saw Daphne in Rent in LA about 6 years ago....woah! She really looks old. You'd really have to suspend reality to accept her as 19 yrs old which I suppose is ok for the theater...but I can't imagine it working for the screen.

I got a real good look at her...her face reflects someone who has lived a lotta life. That's why it looks 'old' to me.

Updated On: 6/9/05 at 10:46 AM

#17

Poor Daphne....hard life?

Posted: 6/9/05 at 11:05am

How old is she? Does anyone know?