Javier Bardem Pulls Out of "Nine" Film- Page 3
Javier Bardem Pulls Out of "Nine" Film
#51re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:23pm
They need a really hot movie star. And by "hot" I mean someone that everybody wants to see or sees regularly in movies right now. Not looks "hot."
That's a very short (and ever-changing) list. They need an A-list Guido. Antonio is more like B+ List.
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Roscoe
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#52re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:25pm
Aren't there better musicals that could be turned into films? I mean really, is anyone really THAT desperate for a film version of NINE?
Right, right, I'm clearly biased, but the show isn't really all that great, is it? It doesn't really have the appeal of a DREAMGIRLS or a HAIRSPRAY or even a SWEENEY TODD. Are these musicals making so much money that they want to go with an all-star cast version of NINE?
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#53re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:25pmAre we talking Industry, or Middle America. I think Bardem is better for the former, but Antonio for the latter.
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"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
ShbrtAlley44
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#55re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:31pm
Oscar or not, MORE people have heard of Antonio Banderas, than Javier Bardem! That is for sure!
I do hope it gets made! I was looking forward to someone singing "Folies Bergeres" and actually understanding the words!
Sorry Ms. Montevecchi!
Roscoe
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#56re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:37pmIf it has to happen, I think I'd rather see Bardem than Banderas get the work. I remember seeing Banderas on the Tonys and not being able to understand a word of what he sang.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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#57re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:39pm
Actually I really enjoy the idea of Robert Downey Jr. We know he can do the exhausted thing... He would be good. And i love his version of Joni Mitchell's "River"
And I know I am so going to hate myself for this in the morning (like that 2am trick)....but Roscoe why do you hate Marshall so much....
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#58re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:39pmAntonio is not too old at all! Also, film could help with his diction problems too.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#59re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:42pmHe would look much older than 40 on screen now. If it had been made 5-10 years ago, sure, but not now. Onstage, he could still do it, but not on film.
Roscoe
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#60re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:45pm
JR, I'll spare everybody the horror again, but if you do a search, somewhere is a post with my opinion on CHICAGO the movie.
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Updated On: 5/1/08 at 02:45 PM
#61re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:48pmSo it isn't him per say, it is just his movie version of Chicago.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#62re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 2:52pm
JR, I'll go ahead and PM you, if that's okay.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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#63re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 3:09pm
Best12, to be honest I don't think an A list actor is going to make the film anymore successful than a B or B+ actor. Depp hardly turned SWEENEY into a blockbuster. I think the material dictates the audience. Javier Bardhem would sell no more tickets than Antonio Banderas, Robert Downy Jr. etc. NINE is not ever going to be a financially viable film project.
#64re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 3:52pmBut Bardem would have been brilliant, and though I like Antonio a lot, I'm still bummed that we won't see his take on Guido.
#65re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 4:04pm
Do you think Sweeney would have made 150m without Depp?
Robert Downey Jnr is a great idea
#66re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 4:16pmWhat about Sasha cohen?
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#67re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 4:25pm
"What about Sasha cohen?"
To quote a favorite movie of mine . . .
"It's-a crazy, so crazy it just, might, work."
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With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
With Clay Aiken in Spamalot, all of Broadway is singing a collective "There! Right! There!" -Me-
"Not Barker, Todd is the only person I've ever known who could imitate Katherine Hepburn...in print." -nmartin-
#68re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 5:39pmIn everything he's done, he's played very broad. I can't see it myself.
#69re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 7:43pmI was disappointed when I heard this. In this case, I think they should just get Antonio. I can't see anyone else in the role at that moment.
Mr Roxy
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#70re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/1/08 at 7:52pmUnless he (Antonio)turned it down, he should have been offered it from Day 1.
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#71re: Javier Bardem Pulls Out of 'Nine' Film
Posted: 5/10/08 at 2:13pm
I hate to say it but I have to:
I think this film is screwed.
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