RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
DTBG2
Featured Actor Joined: 3/15/05
#0RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:09pm
just a thought...Mya (the pop singer) did great in Chicago..even though her part was small..she nailed it!
in my opinion they should've casted her as Mimi over Rosario Dawson..but who knows..maybe she'll pull it off...but what do u think about it?
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#1re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:10pm
Mya might have been able to do it, but she's not a very strong singer. She definitely has the look, but I'm not sure about the voice. Good idea, though! 
#2re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:11pm
Rosario is going to be amaaaaaaaaaaaazing.
... this coming from someone who whined for months that she wasn't Daphne.
#3re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:11pmi dunno. i'm reserving judgement until i watch the movie and see Rosario's Mimi. i like Mya, though. she was really cute in Chicago.
Yes, I'm pinay. And I'm proud of it!
#4re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:11pmOh ick. I think she managed to be simply awful in her three lines in Chicago. Shes the one thing about that movie I'd go back and erase.
#5re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:11pmwell from what i hear from the anthony rapp board, she is doing well. Besides, they needed a larger name in the show and rosario has a larger name than mya. It is different material too.
#6re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:12pm
And she can REALLY sing! 
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Featured Actor Joined: 3/15/05
#7re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:13pmyeah...your right..i dont think Mya could hit those notes..but she sure does have the Mimi look...
#8re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:15pmShe would have looked good on the poster -- I will give you that !
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#9re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:16pm
Emcee knows my feelings on on Daphne not being in the film. But after seeing Rosario film the other night and hearing her singing voice I'm easing up to the fact that she will be Mimi.
I still don't like it, but I'm learning to live with it.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#10re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:17pm
It's okay, Matt. Daphne can be Mimi's mother.
#11re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:17pmDid you really want Daphne to do the film, Matt? Objectively or just in a perfect world?
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
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Featured Actor Joined: 3/15/05
#13re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:21pm
hey, i just came by this "rumor" ( i hope) in a live journal entry...is Idina and Taye divorced? i read somewhere that she called him "my ex-husband" in an interview.???hmmmm.
Updated On: 3/21/05 at 07:21 PM
#14re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:22pm
haha, I was waiting for you to post that Marquise. Have to admit, it's hot.
You may have seen the "Must be Pop" journal, DTBG. It's not real, it's a "role play" sort of thing. It's hard to explain. They're not divorced.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#15re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:22pmJust in a perfect world, Michael. I know that she is in fact too old to play a 19 year old. I just can't stand listening to anyone else sing those songs. I secretly hope they decide Rosario's voice isn't up to par and they dub her w/ Vega.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#17re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:25pmand a double oh helllllllllllz no to Vega dubbing Dawson. Dawson can hold her own in this role. she will silence the *nay-sayers* trust me on this one. people will be going: "daphne, who?"
#18re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:26pmDaphne was amazing live. She really was the heart of that original cast.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#19re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:26pmMarquise, I told you I heard her sing and I was impressed. The dubbing thing is just my secret wish that I keep inside.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#20re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:26pm
Nooooo, I still love Daphneeeeeeeeee!
Not such a secret now, Matt. :-P
dubbreak
Swing Joined: 3/16/05
#21re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:28pmquick question... why is it that most of the original cast is back but not Daphne? Sorry if this has been covered before -- just curious
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#22re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:28pmI hope they give Daphne a cameo in the film at least.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#23re: RENT MOVIE MIMI COMPARISON
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:29pm'cause, dub, she definitely can't pull off looking 19 anymore, and she just had a baby.
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