What do y'all think of Antonio Banderas?

[Urban]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 4:07am

More specifically his singing and voice and not his body. I am just listening to "Evita" at the moment (shut up!) LOL and I am always plesantly suprised with his interpretation of Che. I never have scene or heard "Nine" (I know, I know, but somethings just occassionaly slip through the cracks).

Somebody once said he did some musicals in Spain, though I never had heard any of them.
Updated On: 7/13/05 at 04:07 AM

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 9:53am

I saw him in Nine and thought he was utterly magnificent. I saw the original production twice (with Raul Julia the first time and Bert Convy the second time), and Antonio is vastly superior in the role than those two gentlemen. I also saw John Stamos, who replaced Antonio, and who was awful. For me, Antonio owns the role of Guido Contini.

[Natalie 2]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:03am

I love him and will always love him. The sensuality that is in his body can also be heard in his interpretations of songs.

[AnotherDay46]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:28am

He is an excellent Che, he would be my favorite if I didn't see Raul in the part... ^__^

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:33am

He was excellent in Nine.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 1:16pm

Agreed, excellent in Nine and Evita . I also liked him in Zorro. Very attractive guy and I hear very nice....as long as he's stays away from POTO.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 1:17pm

I think he is a beautiful man. I love his singing as Che. I wish I've could've seen him in Nine.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 1:19pm

He was utterly amazing as Guido.

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 1:21pm

I like him as Che in Evita.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 1:24pm

Damn double-post. Updated On: 7/13/05 at 01:24 PM

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 1:25pm

I think he was robbed of the Tony for Nine by giving to Harvey for playing himself in drag. DUH.

Anyway, Antonio was probably the most dynamic, charismatic, giving-110% person I've ever seen on a Broadway stage. He was absolutely wonderful. AND gracious as hell at the stage door. He was obviously having fun doing what he was doing, and his love for Broadway was infectious.

[RaininSmilies]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 1:25pm

I love him as Che too.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 2:34pm

he is annoying.

[nychick9876]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 2:41pm

i loved him as Che, though i haven't heard him in Nine. but hes been good in everything i've seen him in

[Adjie]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 2:49pm

YUMMY! Oh sorry what did you mean!! Ummm, I think he is VERY talented too! LOVED his Che and the clips I saw from Nine, he seemed just PERFECT for that role.

[robbiej]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 2:50pm

Well...Harvey did a lot more than play himself in drag. It was a masterful performance. But so was Banderas'. If any Tony category ever called for a tie, it was this one.

[Herbert_Von_Krolock]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 2:57pm

*cringe* I don't care for his singing voice...

[TabooPhan1]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 3:27pm

I don't care for his anything...

[ChiChi]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 3:29pm

I love HIM, I love his voice. I want him when Melanie dies.

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 3:44pm

ChiChi, if I poison her can we share?

[Michelleruth2]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 4:16pm

I've never been impressed with him.

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 4:21pm

The first time I heard Antonio sing was on ALW's 50th birthday concert, and I wasn't impressed. Then I saw him in Nine, and every bad thought I ever had was immediately wiped away. He was an incredible and very genuine Guido, his singing was powerhouse, and he was horribly sexy! I hadn't seen the Evita movie before then, but seeing him in Nine made me rent it, and I loved his performance in that as well; seeing him in the back of the van singing A New Argentina is one of my favorite moments in the entire film.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 4:48pm

He didn't really do anything for me in EVITA - I didn't think he was great, I didn't think he was bad - he was just kind of there.

I saw him in NINE four times, and the first time I saw it I left that theatre moved in a way that I had never been moved before by a musical. I think he is a brilliant, brilliant, criminally underrated actor who has yet to really get a big Oscar worthy on-screen role. His voice is gorgeous, and I thought he was brilliant in every sense of the word in NINE.

And yes, he absolutely was robbed of a Tony Award - Harvey Fierstein did not deserve that award for his "performance."

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 4:51pm

I have the cast recording to Nine and Ilove Antonio Bandares. I haven't seen Hairspray or Nine and the only reason I would say Antonio deserved to win is because Harvey Fierstein has an awful voice.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 4:52pm

Antonio deserved the Tony---No if's, and's or but's.