CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 8:29amYou know Barry Weissler is salivating over the thought at this very moment.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#2re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 9:01amI could actually see that.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#2re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 9:07am
isn't the movie remake already set to star him? well.. if that ever happens lol
#3re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 9:41amWhatever, I would see it.
I chose, and my world was shaken. So what?
The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#4re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 11:13amI just wish we had gotten Patrick Wilson and Anne Hathaway in "Guys and Dolls" - ugh!
BrianS
Broadway Star Joined: 10/8/07
#5re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 12:45pm
I think we are more forgiving of Billy because he's a young man with anger issues and a good heart. Even then, it's always a very fine line for the actor to play it right.
Make him older (especially with a girlfriend half his age) and I think the violence is going to upstage the redemption.
If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them. - Ethel Merman
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#6re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 1:02pm
I don't think that Anne Hathaway has a fantastic voice, but I suppose she's good for Hollywood standards.
And I think that BrianS makes a good point.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#7re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 1:12pm
"I don't think that Anne Hathaway has a fantastic voice, but I suppose she's good for Hollywood standards. "
I agree, and I still do not get why people rave over her... She is good, yes, well, mediocre at best
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#8re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 1:13pmI also agree with BrianS. I think Hugh Jackman can sell almost anything and I do want him to have a good movie musical role, but the domestic violence aspect of Carousel is difficult enough as it is without the added power differential of an age gap.
Jennifer Lynn
Understudy Joined: 12/29/03
#9re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 4:14pmAs much as I adore Hugh Jackman, I think Billy's extreme youth is central to his character. His immaturity only adds to his anger issues.
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piperlacyboo
Understudy Joined: 12/31/07
#10re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 4:21pmwhat do you consider extreme youth? i thought he was early 20's.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#11re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/23/09 at 4:32pm
DV's actually about control, not anger. I would argue that Billy was trying to assert some control over Julie because he couldn't control other aspects of his life.
But, yeah, he is pretty angry as well.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
Jennifer Lynn
Understudy Joined: 12/29/03
#12re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:20pm
I'd always put Billy as no more than twenty-one, and even more immature than that emotionally. Probably between eighteen and twenty-one.
But, who knows? Someone as talented as Hugh might pull it off.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#13re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:35pmIt's a terrible idea for a movie re-make, for so many reasons.
jejr
Stand-by Joined: 11/29/08
#14re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/24/09 at 2:05pmAnne Hathaway has a very good voice. People seem to forget that she got great reviews for playing Lili in CARNIVAL in New York. With some good vocal coaching, she could easily do CAROUSEL.
Fan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#15re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:10pmThis is the first thing I thought when I saw them singing since Hugh has a "Carousel" movie in development (I assume it still is). Anne said in a recent interview that she's theater trained.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#16re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/24/09 at 6:16pmHer vibrato needs more control and her high notes sound a little pinched. But I'm picky when it comes to sopranos.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#17re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/24/09 at 6:28pm
>>>This is the first thing I thought when I saw them singing since Hugh has a "Carousel" movie in development (I assume it still is).<<<
Hope so. At the time when it was first announced as a project for his production company, with Fox support, Hugh said that they wanted to contemporize the original musical.
bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#18re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/24/09 at 7:10pm...talking about "stunt casting"... =I
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#19re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 2/24/09 at 7:18pmHer vibrato sounded better on the Oscars than usual to me.
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
Fan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#20re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 5/8/09 at 8:15pm
Hugh did a video interview this week with Ryan Seacrest on E! News promoting "Wolverine" and at the end of the interview Ryan asked him that he heard he was doing "Carousel" and he wanted Anne Hathaway to star with him and asked if that was true. Hugh said yes it was, he's sent Anne the script, and he was practically begging Anne to say yes. I've read that Fox 2000 has put this on the "fast-track" and Hugh said he wants to film this within twelve months so sounds like it may be happening soon.
Updated On: 5/8/09 at 08:15 PM
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#21re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 5/8/09 at 10:04pm
I saw that Seacrest interview, too. It follows after Variety reported that the CAROUSEL remake is now high priority on FOX 2000 film projects. Also interesting to note that they have updated the script ( written by David MaGee, who wrote the screenplay adaptation for FINDING NEVERLAND, for which MaGee received an Oscar nomination). Variety reports, "keeps the timeless spirit of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, but injects relevance for a contemporary audience."
Hopefully, the musical will appeal to modern moviegoers and that this recent Entertainment Weekly survey on the appeal of Hugh's new projects supports a good potential for the movie --
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/05/hugh-jackman-wo.html?cid=152516309#comment-152516309
Wolverine Sequel ( Japan) - 35%
Carousel - 31%
Return to Broadway in Houdini - 25%
Others - 8%
Hugh seems eager to get if off the ground now - he has said he wants to film it within 12 months, presumably before he returns to Broadway for HOUDINI.
Updated On: 5/8/09 at 10:04 PM
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#22re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 5/8/09 at 10:11pmOf his announced projects, I'd rather he made Drive, because I loved the book. But that looks like one of those movies doomed to Development Hell at this point.
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#23re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 5/8/09 at 10:41pm
I agree with you about DRIVE, as I have also read the novella by James Sallis. Hugh calls it a film noir type of story and has said that he is impressed with the screenplay adaptation that has been recently completed ( by H. Amini).
If I am not mistaken, while he has not mentioned the actual filming start, he has mentioned during the WOLVERINE promo tour that he would also like to shoot the movie before the return to Broadway. Initially, there was already a director attached to it ( Neil Marshall) and Universal has picked up the project, but I am not sure if Mr. Marshall is still proceeding with it.
It could be a gem of a movie, with an indie vibe...and may even unexpectedly get some Oscar buzz, if done right.
Updated On: 5/8/09 at 10:41 PM
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#24re: CAROUSEL with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway
Posted: 5/8/09 at 10:44pma little off topic but Carousel is the worst show ever written except for a couple of the songs.
