Stunt Casting- Page 2

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/23/19 at 10:34am

bryan2 said: "people are complaining about the "stunt casting" of .Jordin Sparks"

Well, you can say people are complaining about anything, and be able to confirm it on Twitter. That doesn't mean it's a legitimate concern.

Updated On: 8/23/19 at 10:34 AM

[arsol]

Posted: 8/23/19 at 2:33pm

BritCrit said: "I assume you are referring to the casting of YouTube Vlogger Joe Sugg in the West End version. I don’t care too much about this, as he’s a comic relief side character. He seems charismatic enough though...

In London, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (currently the only West End hit NOT to make it to Broadway!) uses a lot of stunt casting for the supporting roles of Miss Hedge (the antagonistic headteacher) and Hugo (Jamie’s drag queen mentor). It gets plenty of people to see the musical (which is no bad thing) but the soap stars and Drag Race alumni who have taken on these two roles will be upstaged by Sharon Horgan and Richard E Grant when the film comes out..."

Who has been your favorite stunt cast in a show?  I went into Waitress when Al Roker was cast as Old Joe being surprised about the casting decision, but after seeing him, I thought he was an excellent choice! 
 

[David10086]

Posted: 8/23/19 at 7:42pm

I don't know if you will call it stunt casting or star casting, but I saw former Charlie's Angels star Cheryl Ladd in "Annie Get Your Gun" 20 years ago this coming January. I believe she took the role for two months, so maybe it was 'stunt casting'. Whatever it was - she was incredible. She had the audience in the palm of her hand, She could sing, she could dance, she could act - she wasn't Cheryl Ladd, she was Annie Oakley! 

I've often wondered why she had never done a Broadway musical before (or since!), and how they ever thought of her in the first place to fill in the role for that short time frame. 

Too bad they didn't think of her for 'Hello Dolly' to replace Bernadette Peters (or Bette Midler).