#26
Posted: 3/1/06 at 3:11am
Hey, my first reply on this site. Well, here goes my big DG story. I had the privilage last month of filming a scene in "Dreamgirls". I had two lines as a reporter asking Jen Hudson some quetions in a red carpet scene. What I know and saw was this...Bill Condon from hour one to hour twelve when we wrapped at 6 am was a complete gentleman. He worked with Jeniffer with great respect and kindness. Jennifer was also a doll. Jaime Foxx was great. Beyonce and Eddie were not in my scene. The script(of which I recieved around 7 revisions over 2 months proir to filming, even with my little part) seems to keep much of the integrity of the original. I don't wanna give much away but wait till you see how he's expanded in montage the rise of the dreamettes and other songs. Something the stage unfortunately couldn't do. You also see some more of Effie's later backstory. My red carpet scene(not in the stage play), does a great job of advancing the story too. On a side note...When I heard they were finally doing this last spring, I figured they were probably going to expand the cast it being a movie so I wrote the casting director and told her that if she needed any forty something reporters, etc, that i would love to audition. I also added that Michael Bennett actually hired me as a "Dave" vacation replacement back in "84" but the show closed before I could be put in and that it always had a place in my heart. And now, sorry to sound so cheesy, one of MY longtime "DREAMS" has been realized. Thanks for reading all this and I think this is gonna be one great transfer from stage to screen.
