Follies Female Leads
Follies Female Leads
LMcC95
Stand-by Joined: 7/17/13
#1Follies Female Leads
Posted: 6/20/15 at 10:43pm
I watched the movie Chicago tonight and thought how great Renee Zellweger and Cathernie Zeta-Jones are in the movie. I do not know the musical Follies, but I know their is two females leads in it. Since Rob Marshall is thinking about directing, could Renee and Catherine play the two female leads? If Rob does direct it could be a Chicago reunion.
Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#2Follies Female Leads
Posted: 6/20/15 at 10:53pm
I recall a few people on the board dreamcasting:
Sally-Renee Zellweger
Phyllis- Catherine Zeta-Jones
Buddy- John C. Reilly (Amos)
Ben- Richard Gere
And I think Queen Latifah as Stella was in there, too
Though it's not necessarily MY dream cast, I understand the reasoning behind these choices. CZJ could easily pull off the glamorous/regal aspect of Phyllis.
Zellweger could pull off the look for Sally, I think, and she could pull off the "young and girlish" aspect, however, she can't sing the part.
John C Reilly could pull off the "husband who loves his wife more than she loves him" (kind of like how he played Amos in Chicago, but much less of a pushover), and he would do a wonderful "Why Don't You Love Me Blues" and "The Right Girl".
Gere, in my opinion, is an all-around excellent choice for Ben.
Updated On: 6/20/15 at 10:53 PM
LMcC95
Stand-by Joined: 7/17/13
#2Follies Female Leads
Posted: 6/20/15 at 11:02pm
So they could be good choices in the movie? I think it would be cool to see them again. They were great in Chicago and they all could use a role in a great movie. When was the the last had a role in a great movie.
Updated On: 6/20/15 at 11:02 PM
#3Follies Female Leads
Posted: 6/21/15 at 3:21am
I agree that all of them except Renee would be pretty good in Follies. Renee's voice isn't good enough, and it turns out I've never enjoyed her work in anything but Chicago (in which I absolutely love her and this she's perfection as Roxie). I used to thing Nicole Kidman could be a good Sally but the movie version of Nine killed my belief that she could sing anything about an F above middle C.
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#4Follies Female Leads
Posted: 6/21/15 at 8:42am
If Rob does direct it could be a Chicago reunion.
Please, gods and goddesses of the theater, no, no, NO!
LMcC95
Stand-by Joined: 7/17/13
#5Follies Female Leads
Posted: 6/21/15 at 12:32pm
I really enjoy Chicago as a movie. I have not seen a stage production, but it works on screen very well.
#6Follies Female Leads
Posted: 6/21/15 at 4:19pm
I just don't want Rob Marshall to ever do a musical again (ESPECIALLY NOT SONDHEIM). The only thing that I could possibly see him doing is Spider Woman.
#7Follies Female Leads
Posted: 6/22/15 at 4:39pm
Sally: Meryl Streep
Phyllis: Donna Murphy
Buddy: Norm Lewis
Ben: John Lithgow
