Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Chloe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/28/04
#0Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:38pm
Finally some news from an official source:
Dawson's set as 'Rent' girl
Sun Nov 7,12:35 PM ET
Movies - Variety
Michael Fleming, STAFF
Revolution has set Rosario Dawson to play the female lead role of Mimi Marquez in "Rent," the Christopher Columbus-directed adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jonathan Larson musical.
She will join many of the original cast members from the Broadway production, with Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Jesse Martin, Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel in negotiations.
Dawson gets the role of the AIDS-stricken stripper after playing the love interest to the title character in Oliver Stone's "Alexander the Great," which Warner Bros. and Intermedia release Nov. 24.
Dawson recently completed a segment opposite Clive Owen in "Sin City," the Dimension adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel series co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Miller. That pic opens April 1.
"Rent," which just celebrated eight years on Broadway, is being produced for the screen by Michael Barnathan, Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro.
#1re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:40pmAHH.... another black mimi... I hope she can sing...
#2re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:42pm
Wow! I had never even thought about her...thanks so much for the info Chloe :)
Alix
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#3re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:42pmWow, they managed to find someone with a voice almost as...special...as that of Daphne Rubin-Vega. Impressive.
#4re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:42pm
She was in "Josie and the Pussycats", which required singing, so I'm hoping she CAN sing.
Well, at least we know who Mimi is now.
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
#5re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:43pm
Off to look her up on imdb....
well, at least we know.
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#7re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:44pmShe's better than Brittany Murphy.
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
grownupgroupie
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/04
#8re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:44pm
She actually occured to me the other day as having the right look for Mimi. BUT--can she sing? And come on, she does NOT look 16. But whatever, she's a name, and after "Alexander" I'm sure they're hoping she'll be a draw.
**edited to add: Was Brittany Murphy up for this? She's too much of a gringa for Mimi, but she has the skeletal addict thing going, and actually has a nice singing voice. Ah well.**
Updated On: 11/7/04 at 05:44 PM
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
Speed
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/03
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#12re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:48pm
whoever wrote rosario dawson is black needs to get there facts straight. Rosario just happens to be of Puerto Rican/Cuban/African-American/Irish and Native American Indian descent, and don't worry the girl can sing and she's gonna blow everyone away as "Mimi". I was hoping she would be cast! This news made my day 
FabalaCohen
Broadway Star Joined: 10/30/04
#13re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:49pmReally? Hmm. I saw her name thrown around on IMDB, and I thought she could probably pull it off. She was good in "Josie" too.
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grownupgroupie
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/04
#14re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:49pm
From IMDB:
"....Is of Puerto Rican, Cuban, African American, Irish and Native American descent."
Latina and African American aren't necessarily mutually exclusive....especially for those of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent. Not that it matters as long as it still works for Mimi's mama to still be "llamando" en espanol.
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#15re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:51pm
grownupgroupie wrote:
"Latina and African American aren't necessarily mutually exclusive....especially for those of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent."
one of the smartest things i've read written on this main message board because it's true!
Speed
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/03
#16re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:51pm
I don't think of her as black.
She's latino, right?
#17re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:51pm
"Revolution has set Rosario Dawson to play the female lead role of Mimi Marquez in "Rent," the Christopher Columbus-directed adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jonathan Larson musical. "
Oh really?
According to an erinrebecca post about a week ago, "a few different sources have stated that Tracie Thoms has been cast as Joanne."
Well, I told you that I would believe that (and anyone else) when the contracts have been signed.
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#18re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:52pmI'm actually pretty excited about this. I can definitely see her as Mimi. If I can't have Daphne, I'll definitely settle for Rosario.
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#19re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:53pmyes Speed Rosario is most definitely Latina.
#20re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:54pm
Wow, I LOVE Rosario Dawson. I wouldn't have picked her for Mimi initially but I think she has the cool edge that works.
*is excited*
"... Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth.
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt. Still a little hard to say what's going on..." Damien Rice
grownupgroupie
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/04
#21re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:55pm
Thanks Marquise:)
I'm kind of excited at this casting prospect...I could see the sparks potentially flying between her and Adam Pascal (on-screen of-course)!
Where have you heard her sing before?
Updated On: 11/7/04 at 05:55 PM
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#22re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:55pm
She's multiracial. Not that those categories particularly matter- what matters is the look, if you must be shallow about it. Carol Channing is part black, after all. 
Updated On: 11/7/04 at 05:55 PM
#23re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 5:58pmFrom the picture on Imdb she looks black... Sorry to offend anyone...
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#24re: Rosario Dawson is Mimi
Posted: 11/7/04 at 6:00pm
no one's being shallow...but as a Latino Man I know what I'm talking about. For that matter I'm multi-racial also...i have puerto rican/african-american and castillian blood running through my veins. my point was simply to state that she wasn't completely of African American descent as someone erroneously pointed out earlier in this thread.
... right back at ya
Updated On: 11/7/04 at 06:00 PM
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