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Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff

Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff

Dave19
#1Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/20/16 at 9:16am

That's a funny clip. Of course it was just for fun but it really shows how great Luke Evans is, he is a very natural singer and makes the singing immediately work and feel natural on screen. Jackman immediately goes into this "musical parody" mode and puts on this voice and vibrates for too long on the wrong syllables. Very unnatural. 

 

The importance of great natural singers is very underestimated, especially in musical on film. This clip makes me excited for the BATB film.

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#3Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/20/16 at 10:09am

Dave19 said: "That's a funny clip. Of course it was just for fun but it really shows how great Luke Evans is, he is a very natural singer and makes the singing immediately work and feel natural on screen. Jackman immediately goes into this "musical parody" mode and puts on this voice and vibrates for too long on the wrong syllables. Very unnatural."

 

Huh, I never knew you felt this way about Hugh Jackman's singing voice.


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#4Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/20/16 at 10:43am

I loved Taron Egerton on this... the guy has so much charisma! I'm glad he's getting all this big roles being so new to the industry.


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Dave19
#5Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/20/16 at 10:44am

It's just refreshing to see side by side what works and what does not. It really makes or breaks the material and the way the singing feels, out of place or spot on. Completely intergrated with the acting or completely separated from the acting.

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#6Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/20/16 at 11:11am

I hope Luke Evans puts more effort into the role on screen than that clip. Sure his voice is good but there's not much characterisation or presence there so I'm not sure what you're getting so excited over.  It was just done for a laugh. 

Taron however pretty much knocked everyone else off the screen with his presence and charisma without even trying

Dave19
#7Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/20/16 at 12:13pm

Of course he puts more effort to it in the film. I am so excited because he has a natural singing voice which directly translates into a natural performance.

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#8Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/20/16 at 1:15pm

That was so much! An ex-Gaston vs. an eternal Gaston. Luke sounds terrific!

mamaleh
#9Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/21/16 at 8:09am

The bit was obviously scripted, with Hugh gallantly letting Evans handle more of the song in conjunction with upcoming publicity for the live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST film.  Listen to Hugh on the Aussie OCR of the show, and you'll hear a much superior version to Evans'.

 

jo
#10Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/22/16 at 3:03am

Luke has a good baritone sound, but his acting is not yet too evident on the sing-off.  I do love the character of Gaston because of his obvious pomposity -- I think Hugh acts that out in his obviously unrehearsed participation ( he was in the Australian production 20 years ago).    The way the song was "scripted" to be sung in this show, it was obviously slanted to promote the new live-action musical ( which I am looking forward to).

 

Taron admitted to Jonathan Ross that he had actually portrayed the role of LeFou in a 2006 staging of the show somewhere.  Also, Taron had  won an award given by the Stephen Sondheim Society as Best Performer when he was at RADA.  He does have musical theatre pipes plus acting chops. He and Hugh share acting honors in the  sports movie EDDIE THE EAGLE.

 

We all have preferences ( which people here generally respect), but when one rants and rants about one particular performer again and again and again  -- that seems more like a personal and  active dislike of the actor.  It colors the objectivity of the perception.

 

Had Hugh Jackman been offered the role of The Beast and not that of Gaston, would he have become an international star of stage and movies?  I think Beauty and the Beast showed the way for him to be cast by Trevor Nunn in SUNSET BOULEVARD...which eventually led for Trevor (together with the Board of the Royal National Theatre) to cast  him in OKLAHOMA!... And that paved the way for his Hollywood career, strange as it may sound.  Three people saw him in OKLAHOMA! :  XMen producer Lauren Shuler Donner, producer Harvey Weinstein who cast him in KATE AND LEOPOLD, and his longtime agent Patrick Whitesell who is now Co-Chairman/Co CEO of one of the largest talent agencies in Hollywood called WME.

 

If he had no talent, the opportunities which followed would not have come thereafter.

 

Updated On: 3/22/16 at 03:03 AM

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#11Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/22/16 at 3:12am

Get Taron to the stage ASAP.

Doody Fisher
#12Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/22/16 at 3:14am

the video is now 'private'...?

skylight2
#13Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/22/16 at 3:21am

Here for Taron Egerton only. That boy can sing!!! He's going to be in "Sing" later this year so something to look forward to. I hope he does West End or Broadway soon. 

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#14Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/22/16 at 2:41pm

Doody Fisher said: "the video is now 'private'...?

 

Same.

 


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#16Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/22/16 at 3:01pm

Ugh Taron is a total dream. Can we just turn this into a dream roles message board for him??? 

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gypsy101
#17Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/22/16 at 3:09pm

Luke Evans has a great voice! And I've never heard of Taron before but the bit he sang was also very good.


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#18Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/22/16 at 7:42pm

None of the links work... Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff

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#20Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff
Posted: 3/22/16 at 8:20pm

Deena Jones said: "None of the links work... Luke Evans & Hugh Jackman Gaston singoff"

 

Sertzo19 posted a link that works (just three posts above yours)


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