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Rosario Dawson on playing "Mimi" in "RENT"
#25re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 4:51pmHeels. She's definitely not taller than he is.
theatrebabe
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#26re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 4:52pmthank god!
-cheezedoodle
#27re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 4:53pm
"I want Daphne and Freddie in this movie."
I happen to love Fredi. But I also, now, love Tracie.
This is life. Be happy most of the OBC made it.
#28re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 4:58pmhaha, Adam's almost 6'0". I promise Rosario isn't that tall.
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#29re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 7:05pmi think she will be great. shes a good actress, and from what i've heard from those little clips ont he rent website, a good singer. i can see why she's so nervous, i mean we are tough critics, and we all have our favorite mimi's, which she is well aware of.
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#30re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:03pm
I hope she's better than her performance in Two Gentlemen of Verona. Her singing was weak, little-to-no-vibrato or sustenation, and often under pitch. I couldn't figure out why she was cast in a show filled with powerhouse voices.
I can't figure it out either. If anyone ever does please share.
The mystery of Rosario Dawson being cast in "Rent" the movie ranks right up there with the "Theory of Everything".
And if anyone thinks that Rosario really has what it takes, tell her to show up at the Nederlander some night and prove it.
Theory of Everything
#31re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:05pmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
theatrebabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/22/05
#32re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:14pm
Emcee?
-cheezedoodle
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#33re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:16pmRosario is a splendid actress, her growth has been a thrill to watch, she'll do "Mimi" proud.
give_into_luv
Swing Joined: 8/23/05
#34re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:34pmNever really liked her.But Rent's celebrating it's 10th anverisary.There has been alot of mimi's since then.So it really shouldn't be hard but the orginal is always better sometimes.
#35re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:36pm
Always better sometimes?
oy.
theatrebabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/22/05
#36re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:37pmwhy couldn't the original Mimi do it anyway?
-cheezedoodle
#37re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:41pmShe doesn't look as young as the rest of them. She just had a baby.
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#38re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:43pm
why couldn't the original Mimi do it anyway?
Why couldn't they have used ANY of the Broadway Mimi's?
Or, for that matter, anyone actually capable of handling the role. Not someone who freely admits that she never sang anywhere other than in her living room.
theatrebabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/22/05
#39re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:43pmoooh right,i just read that too,haha,thanks
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#40re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 8:45pm
She doesn't look as young as the rest of them. She just had a baby.
None of them look as young as they did in 1995. But they are all proven performers who originated their roles.
They're like that Smith-Barney commercial. They did it the old fashioned way. They earned it.
#41re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 10:14pm
Okay, really, can't we put this argument to rest?
If I remember correctly, when they were casting, Daphne was pregnant. So, obviously, that wasn't going to work. And why would she have wanted to do a movie right after having a baby?
Also, Mimi is the youngest character. The ages of the other characters are never specified. Light My Candle specifically states that she's nineteen. And obviously, Daphne doesn't look nineteen.
The part went to Rosario. The movie is done filming. It's coming out in November. Really, just, stop.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#42re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 11:01pm
Someone is SERIOUSLY HAVING A MENTAL BREAKDOWN OVER THIS. *coughslackercough* and I'm having fun reading him come undone with every single one of his posts.
Talk about BWW meltdown. One for the record books I would say.
And yes, I agree he should give it a rest.
I can't wait until November.
#43re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 11:06pm
Ha, so true.
Seriously, quite your bitchin'.
I mean, you have all OBC there, and still you complain.
NOTHING will make you happy - and you don't seem to grasp this concept.
And expect a lot to be changed. I can't wait for the threads, "there is an extra brick on the left wall of the..."
Oy.
1) Be happy they are making a Rent movie.
2) Be happy most of the OBC was able to be in it.
3) Be happy, be merry, and drink lots of sherry.
#44re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 11:16pm"OH MY GOD THERE ARE TOO MANY SNOWFLAKES IN WITHOUT YOU. I JUST KNOW IT."
#45re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 11:19pm"MARK'S SCARF IS THREE DEGREES TOO FAR TO THE LEFT!"
#46re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 11:20pm"ADAM HAS ONE STRAND OF HAIR OUT OF PLACE."
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#47re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 11:30pm
"OMG, ROSARIO DAWSON CAN'T SING!"
#48re: Rosario Dawson on playing 'Mimi' in 'RENT'
Posted: 8/23/05 at 11:32pmSomeone's irony needs work.
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