Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#0Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:17pm
Michael Riedel in today's NY Post writes about Tobey Maguire dropping out of the upcoming revival of The Glass Menagerie. Anyone else relieved with the news?
And while on the subject, anyone know what happened to Ethan Hawke, who was rumored for the role of Tom once upon a time? I was thinking he would be a good choice.
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Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#1re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:17pmWow. I never even heard he was IN the production!
"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..."
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:19pmHawke decided to star in "Hurlyburly" Off-Broadway instead (performances begin in January).
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Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#3re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:20pmSame here, Matt. *ducks* Y'know, I think I liked him better before he was in Spider-Men. He never quite carried those movies for me. Updated On: 12/1/04 at 01:20 PM
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#4re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:20pm
Riedel writes about a meeting/reading with director David Leveaux, that morphed into something of an audition.
Details at the link.
New York Post - Glass Menagerie
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#5re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:20pmAnd Patrick Wilson is doing Barefoot in the Park? Call his agent, NOW!
PEACE.
#6re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:21pmI think his acting has never really been tapped into his full potential...Love to see him something dramatic on stage or comedic...Lend Me a Tenor maybe...
And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before...
After the Sky.
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#7re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:22pmGood for Leveaux...I can't stand Toby Macguire.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#8re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:23pmTobey is a great actor. Take a look at WONDER BOYS or THE ICE STORM.
"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..."
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:24pmOh, right! I forgot about Hurlyburly. Pity though, about Glass Menagerie. Something poetic about Hawke, and he's a genuine presence.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#10re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:25pmSaw both of those, Matt and he's a mediocre actor in his finest moments and looks like a big toe.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#11re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:28pmWell, I don't know if I'd go that far, but I find him a bit remote as an actor. I'm not sure if he'd register much more than blankness onstage.
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#12re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:33pmSomebody get Ben Chaplin in there!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#13re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:36pmI still don't understand why they didn't get Jake and Maggie Gyllenhal to play the siblings Wingfield!
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#14re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:36pmrobbie, you are effing brilliant. Come here and give mama a big kiss.
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#15re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:38pm
Yeah, I'm not sure about how well his type of acting would play in a 1200 seat house.
The original press release had Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard rumored to be in talks for this production as the Gentlemen Caller and Tom, respectively, (with Natalie Portman mentioned as a possibility for Laura). Then the next press release omitted Leonard (I think he's doing a series or something) and mentioned Hawke for Tom (with Portman still "in talks"). Then the very next week, Hawke announced he was doing Hurlyburly -- leaving him, Leonard and Portman completely out of the picture.
Now with Maguire dropping out after apparently clashing with and/or feeling insulted by Leveaux and the production team, I'm starting to wonder just what in the world in going on behind the scenes of this show. I can't remember seeing so many big names rumored for and then suddenly dropping out of a production before. What's REALLY going on?
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robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#16re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:38pm
Goodness gracious!
I haven't frenched a lesbian since a wild, drunken night with Jodie Foster!
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#17re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:39pmJodie speaks French, however, she didn't learn a damn thing about kissing at the Sorbonne. C'mere.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#18re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:43pm......AAANNND! Because I was born to split hairs....do we REALLY need a mounting of GLASS MENAGERIE? I love it, too, but....I'd save my $$ for THE PILLOWMAN. New stuff! New! New! New!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#19re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:46pmBut Jessica Lange, Borstal. Jessica...LANGE. I saw her in STREETCAR and was absolutely mesmerized. She could read the dictionary onstage and I'd cry.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:50pm
Yeah, I'd say that Menagerie is one of those shows that is welcome any time it comes around.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#21re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:51pmI do wish I had been around for the Julie Harris production.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#22re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:57pmHell, I wish I had been around for the Laurette Taylor production.
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#23re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:58pm
Well, yeah. Of course.
When I say "around," I mean in New York.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 12/1/04 at 01:58 PM
MaTakeALookAtMe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#24re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie
Posted: 12/1/04 at 6:03pm
Tobey is very boring.
and Natalie Portman? The last couple of movies I've seen her in were fine, but I still have some serious doubts.
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