anneliese van der pol in WICKED???- Page 3

[snowskittle]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 9:41pm

They do hold them on the west coast sometimes, don't they?

Anyone know how often Wicked has auditions? And in how many places?

[The_Toxic_Avenger]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 9:47pm

I cannot see her playing it and i think she is way to inexperienced for it.

As compared to the countless actresses who have played both roles straight out of college? Anneliese is many things but inexperienced is not one of them. She played Eva in Evita at 15 in a professional production for god sakes.

[pretendworld]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 9:57pm

I totally agree with Toxic, she is definately capable of pulling off this role. If you've seen her on That's So Raven, you'd know she has some serious comedy skills.

But like many have stated before, I think Elphaba would suit her better. Id love to see how she would perform "Defying Gravity"

[zoraksferal]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 10:11pm

As someone who watched her in That's So Raven, I have to say I always wished her character would be killed off. As funny as having her be the retard of the show, and will bad acting at that... I thought her comedy lacked... anything funny. But hey, that might just be me.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 10:12pm

Her character made me a vegetarian... 4.5 years ago. I slightly loathe the show for that.

[zoraksferal]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 10:16pm

Her character almost made me lapse my vegetarian ways! I wanted to be nothing like her.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 10:19pm

I actually thought her character was hysterical. TSR is one of the only Disney shows that has/had any true funny moments. They had such a talented cast.

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 10:59pm

I'm curious... do producers and/or casting people ever bother to take a look at a theatre forum like this ...just to see what people think of an artist like A.V.D.P.? Or do they just not give a damn? from RC in Austin,Texas

[pretendworld]

Posted: 7/5/09 at 11:31pm

I honestly think that shouldn't matter. I think producers should pick actors that capture their vision of the certain character they're casting; it should all come down to talent.

[winston89]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 3:42am

I do think that the only way her diva attitude might bite her in the ass at some point is because of the fact that some producers would ask around to see what kind of attitude the performer has. It isn't always about talent, sometimes it is also about how one could or couldn't be a team player.

[snowskittle]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 8:21am

Good point Winston89. A show with such a huge and young fanbase might not find it worthwhile to cast someone either with stage door or backstage attitude.

Any casting agents or directors out there? Can you tell us how much, if at all, an actor's reputation in that respect matters?

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 12:27pm

I'm still saying that while it may not have been in the contract, Disney probably put a LOT of pressure on her to go out the stagedoor.

Just because Equity doesn't allow something, doesn't mean it won't happen.

[The_Toxic_Avenger]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 12:43pm

Disney probably had their own contract over her AND an Equity contract.

[zoraksferal]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 12:45pm

Either that or Disney had Goofy threaten to kill her is she didn't.

[joanntom]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:09pm

i believe they care more about her filling the front of the house not who stands by the back.

[winston89]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 4:29pm

snowskittle, the thing is is that most people don't realize how small the Broadway community is and it is an everyone knows everyone type thing. I think that it's that a lot of producers want someone that is going to be easy to work with. This is because if there is any backstage drama or any sort of a diva attitude coming from anyone in the cast then that is a headache for them and I would think that that is something that most producers wouldn't want. So it is not uncommon to ask around to see what kind of person they are backstage and to take that into account before they hire someone. It's not to dissimilar to someone in an office contacting your former boss to get a sense of the kind of worker you are.

The_Toxic_Avenger , Disney couldn't do that. They would have to have a contract that met Equity standards and regulations. They couldn't force her or put her under contract to stage door or to do any sort of promotional spots on TV like singing on one of the morning news shows.

husk_charmer, keep in mind that it is true that Disney encourages their actors to stage door as well as the fans to wait at the stage door for autographs. There was an article on the Disney on Broadway website a while ago that talked about how waiting at the stage door is a perfect way to cap off a Disney on Broadway experience. But, keep in mind one thing. Disney and Equity have been butting heads even before the Adrian Bailey situation. So, I do doubt that Disney would go out of their way to piss off Equity yet again.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 4:59pm

Disney did not force her, when I saw Mary Poppins and Little Mermaid several performers didn't come out and sign. Sherie Rene Scott and Sean Palmer come to mind.

[The_Toxic_Avenger]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 5:03pm

Sherie & Sean both haven't had prior Disney channel connections.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 5:22pm

winston-
You forget, van der Pol did BATB long before the Adrian Bailey incident was even a possibility.

And, as we've said Winston, there is nothing to say that Disney didn't have some sort of clause in her original contract (not the one for Broadway) requiring her to do any public appearance they wanted her to do, or that they didn't just sort of pressure her into it.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 5:43pm

What is this Adrian Bailey thing?

[winston89]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 6:46pm

The_Toxic_Avenger, that is not true with regards to Sherie, she was in the original cast of Aida which as we all know was a disney show. Therefor your point is moot.

husk_charmer, I know that Van Der Pol did Beauty before the Adrian Bailey situation happened. But, I was saying that Disney had run into situations with Equity even prior to Mermaid's out of town try out in Denver.

CS, Adrian Bailey was in the ensemble of The Little Mermaid, but while getting ready for a performance to start he fell around forty feet from the top of the flies in the boat to the stage and got injured pretty badly. Disney being Disney swept up the whole thing under the rug and made it seem worse then it really was. However, when reports came out that he broke several vertebra etc, he sued Disney on Broadway and The Nederlanders since The Lunt is a Nederlander house.

[snowskittle]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 7:00pm

What does the Adrien Baily incident have to do with Anneliese? I'm just not getting the connection.

[winston89]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 10:28pm

The connection that I am trying to make between Van Der Pol and Bailey is that they involve Disney and Actors Equity. The point that I was trying to make is that Equity has limits on what a contract can and cannot say. One of these such things are things like forcing a performer to wait and sign at the stage door or to do a song on a morning news show. Basically a contract can't force someone to do something that doesn't relate to a performer being in the theatre and doing the show.

I mentioned the incident with Bailey because that is one example of how Disney had gotten on Equity's bad side. Disney is notorious for cutting corners even before The Little Mermaid with other shows and that is something that rubs Equity the wrong way. I said that they wouldn't be allowed to force Van Der Pol to sign autographs or take pictures at the stage door because that would be one more thing that would just bother Actors Equity.

[snowskittle]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 10:50pm

Ah, ok. Thanks.

It doesn't sound very Disneylike though.

I wonder what Walt would think.

[The_Toxic_Avenger]

Posted: 7/6/09 at 10:52pm

Here is the real Disney.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sHNoNAvAlg