posted 10-28-2006 04:52 PM               

Recently I had the honor of speaking with Dana Ivy. Well, actually, we emailed each other. For those who don't know the name, she played "Ms Millie", the white mayor's wife in The Color Purple who asked Oprah, "Your children are so clean; would you like to come work for me, be my maid?" She was also the snobby hotel clerk in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.

Anyway, I suggested that she would be the perfect person to play Madame Morrible in Wicked, but she wrote back and said that she had actually been offered the part, but turned it down for personal reasons.

What a great loss for Wicked, but I respect her decision.

posted 10-28-2006 06:21 PM            

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Originally posted by DefyingGravity4Life:
Ivan and dylanlbc:
I really like both of your views on where the scenes should take place. Obviously on stage you can't do as much with scenery as a movie. The places that you mentioned seem to fit where the songs would take place if there was a movie. As for the ending, I see it from each view. It would be nice for Glinda to see Elphaba and Fiyero flying off, but then again, not seeing them adds to the whole mystery of the story. If Glinda sees them and smiles, the movie would end on a happier note, whereas in the play it's kind of sad and you are wondering if they will ever see eachother again. I don't think I would mind seeing either of the endings in the movie.

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posted 10-30-2006 08:00 PM               

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Originally posted by OvertheMoonforIM:
Hi Polychrome!

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posted 11-04-2006 12:13 AM            

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Originally posted by booklady:
I have never seen any link that absolutely states there will be a movie. If such a link exists, please share it. Even the link to the British website for Wicked says, "In all likelihood..." which does not absolutely state there will be a movie. In The Grimmerie, the producers talk about the difficulty of getting a good movie script & that is one of the main reasons it was made into a play instead. I think that the movie is wishful thinking on the part of fans & not much more. Movie studios tend to err on the side of the practical & at this point in time, practicality says no movie. If "Hairspray" doesn't do any better than "Rent" & "The Producers" did at the box office, that will push the likelihood of a movie even further away, especially as the play is still doing well in NY, Chcago, London, on tour & soon to be in LA. Why take chances on a movie when the theatrical productions are doing so well? I think Marc Platt, Stephen Schwartz & Universal are a bit smarter than that.

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posted 11-04-2006 12:13 AM            

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Originally posted by booklady:
I have never seen any link that absolutely states there will be a movie. If such a link exists, please share it. Even the link to the British website for Wicked says, "In all likelihood..." which does not absolutely state there will be a movie. In The Grimmerie, the producers talk about the difficulty of getting a good movie script & that is one of the main reasons it was made into a play instead. I think that the movie is wishful thinking on the part of fans & not much more. Movie studios tend to err on the side of the practical & at this point in time, practicality says no movie. If "Hairspray" doesn't do any better than "Rent" & "The Producers" did at the box office, that will push the likelihood of a movie even further away, especially as the play is still doing well in NY, Chcago, London, on tour & soon to be in LA. Why take chances on a movie when the theatrical productions are doing so well? I think Marc Platt, Stephen Schwartz & Universal are a bit smarter than that.

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posted 11-04-2006 12:13 AM            

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Originally posted by booklady:
I have never seen any link that absolutely states there will be a movie. If such a link exists, please share it. Even the link to the British website for Wicked says, "In all likelihood..." which does not absolutely state there will be a movie. In The Grimmerie, the producers talk about the difficulty of getting a good movie script & that is one of the main reasons it was made into a play instead. I think that the movie is wishful thinking on the part of fans & not much more. Movie studios tend to err on the side of the practical & at this point in time, practicality says no movie. If "Hairspray" doesn't do any better than "Rent" & "The Producers" did at the box office, that will push the likelihood of a movie even further away, especially as the play is still doing well in NY, Chcago, London, on tour & soon to be in LA. Why take chances on a movie when the theatrical productions are doing so well? I think Marc Platt, Stephen Schwartz & Universal are a bit smarter than that.

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posted 11-04-2006 12:14 AM            

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posted 11-04-2006 01:27 PM               

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Originally posted by dylanlbc:
I completely agree!

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Wow...you really must agree with booklady, then?

I agree as well.

I agree as well.

I agree as well.

posted 11-04-2006 10:10 PM            

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Originally posted by Polychrome II:
Hillary Duff should play Glinda. She's a great singer and actress in many Disney productions. I wonder if Disney would loan her to Universal for the role if they make a movie.

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posted 11-04-2006 11:11 PM            

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Originally posted by Polychrome II:
Hillary Duff should play Glinda. She's a great singer and actress in many Disney productions. I wonder if Disney would loan her to Universal for the role if they make a movie.

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i just threw up in my mouth. what is going on here? have people completely lost their minds? i'm sorry, i have to be this blunt! But here we have 2 AMAZING actresses play these 2 AMAZING parts on stage, and you really think that Duff could even come close to Kristen or anyone else that has played the part. SSERIOUSLY?!!!! I'm sick to my stomach!

posted 11-05-2006 02:35 PM            

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Originally posted by Ivan:
After rethinking the proposal, in which I still am against, I do wonder how Hillary Duff would be at playing Glinda. We've only ever seen her as the cutesy singing pop idol, but have we ever tried to think of her playing Glinda? I guess her voice is the only thing that pushes me away from the idea, but I think she could do it if given the chance as well. Not right away, but maybe after studying the role for a bit. Like an understudy or standby. Then she won't be on permanently, but sometimes she would be. (This would only work on stage, obviously.)

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posted 11-09-2006 01:38 AM            

ANYWAY. I read through the last five pages to catch up, so I really hope I don't repeat anything here.

PLEASE let's not let Hillary Duff play in the movie. She's what I call an "actress in a can" meaning she and other actresses like Lindsey Lohan (sp?) could be interchanged in a movie and no one would know, because their acting style is exactly the same - and all they can play, as was said before, are characters that are teen girls with lame issues. She could never pull off anything else.

I'm not so sure about Anne Hathaway as Elphie - in fact, I personally hate the idea. I mean, she plays princesses. Her face is permanently engraved in the American mind as Mia, Ella, etc., and I just can't see her pulling off the part of Elphie. I wonder... could Emmy Rossum do it?

I think Patrick Wilson could totally do something like Fiyero. I've said that before though.

Nessarose? That's easy. I'll do it. I've done it before. With a good vocal coach maybe I can get up to Hollywood standards...

posted 11-09-2006 11:34 PM            

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Originally posted by Ivan:
She looks in the sky, and at that moment sees a black and green creature flying across the sky, or rather a couple. She smiles, turns to the crowd, and belts the very last "WICKED!!!"

Fade to credits.

Thoughts or input?

sorry but something just came to me....she can't fly away on her broom, Dorothy took it to the Wizard after she melted her.

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posted 11-11-2006 12:42 AM            

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Originally posted by Ivan:
That does seem most logical, considering that it matches Morrible more than Glinda or the Wizard's version that they would have to tell.

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posted 11-12-2006 03:54 PM            

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Originally posted by dylanlbc:
i agree, i think that the Wizard of Oz, is like the story that got passsed down ove rthe years, but it's an inacurate history of what truly happened

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posted 11-14-2006 01:35 AM               

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Originally posted by Nessarose Throppe:
Exactly what I'm saying. I think that's the best way to explain away the inaccuracies. Of course, there will always be people (like my neighbor) who like the original best and don't like that we're "changing" the story but I really don't care. Besides, in this day and age, people love twists on classic stories like the Wizard of Oz.

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posted 11-14-2006 02:09 AM            

Remember guys...Galinda has to be a COLLEGE STUDENT. Hilarry still looks like a teenager.

Plus, Galinda has to be played by someone who can pull off the college blonde (Sigh...Kristin) AND the more mature, full-of-presence Glinda the Good Witch who's got the voice you need, the charisma to attract the audience and engage them, and the underlying depth of a wiser young woman.

Hillary just doesn't have that experience for a character with depth. Plus, I think the actress to play the characters have to be at least in their mid twenties to be considered for the roles.

I'd love to see Kristin.