RENT movie
RENT movie
shesings
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/14/04
#0RENT movie
Posted: 7/4/04 at 11:54pmAnyone have any info on how this is going? Do they have any ideas for casting yet?
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#1re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/4/04 at 11:55pmChris Columbus is directing.... It's going to hell.. in Angel's homemade handbasket
WickedDude
Stand-by Joined: 7/2/04
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#3re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/4/04 at 11:59pmI saw the latest screen tests of Janet Jackson and William Huang singing Light My Candle
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#4re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/4/04 at 11:59pm
Adam Pascal won't reprise Roger.
They're not bringing any of the OBC into it.
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#6re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:01am
It is most certainly going to hell. I love Rent, but I really don't see myself being able to sit through this movie.
And, I love Adam, but I'm not sure he'd pull off Roger as well anymore. I mean, he is almost 34. Roger's like... 20.
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#7re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:01am
Chris Columbus said it in an interview he conducted with one of the online news sources. You can probably find it in the livejournal community rent_the_movie.
He's looking for "actors who can really sing."
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#8re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:02amALL of the OBC cast is WAY too old. Have you SEEN KLK in REnt now????????????????
shesings
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/14/04
#9re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:03amI think it had a better chance with Spike Lee, hes a little more ... urban! Christopher Columbus, while I love his directing is a little too, well sweet for me. i mean Mrs. Doubtfire .... Harry Potter .... Rent - right. I just have a hard time seeing how that flows. Will the cast members all be small children?
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#10re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:04amno, I haven't broadwayguy...does she REALLy look like Mark's mother now?
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#11re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:04am
GRANDmother.
I saw her lobbycard outside the NEDER... it's SCARY
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#13re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:06am
OUCH.
But I do think some original cast members still look young...though I have no idea what Fredi Walker and Wilson Heredia look like these days.
Musetta1957
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#15re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:07amThere is still a sliver of hope that Anthony Rapp will reprise Mark. He and Chris C have worked together before.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#16re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:08amyoung.. but not RENT young.. even though some of teh cast now is VERY old
#17re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:08amThe only people from the OBC I could see in the movie are Taye Diggs and Jesse L. Martin. I want Jai Rodriguez to be Angel!!!
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#18re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:10am
Taye definitely could still do it.
Jesse and Daphne look WAY too old.
Idina still looks young...and Anthony does too (I think).
#19re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:11amahhh! Jai! That would be an excellent choice.
perfectliar
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#21re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:13amYeah, Daphne's far too old to reprise Mimi. The character's supposed to be 19 (and look 16).
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#22re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:13amQuibbler...Maybe, but she looks WAY older now. Updated On: 7/5/04 at 12:13 AM
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#23re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:15amNOW?!? She looked old THEN.. even without her current set of breats.......
#24re: RENT movie
Posted: 7/5/04 at 12:16amJesse does look older but I've always thought of Collins as older than the rest anyway. Jai is perfect...pop culture appeal, experience in the role, and EXTREMELY talented.
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