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Post by petrolino on Dec 4, 2021 2:35:53 GMT
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Dec 4, 2021 2:44:51 GMT
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Post by Penn Guinn on Dec 4, 2021 3:08:24 GMT
It's a pretty good movie BUT I seriously do wish that they had made it starring Kathy Bates since the play had been written FOR her and she had played the role on stage. For me, casting Michelle as 'Frankie' was like casting Rock Hudson to play 'Marty'.
IMDb:
"Kathy Bates, who had originated the role of Frankie on stage, was passed over in favor of Michelle Pfeiffer, a fate that often seemed to befall her stage characters when transferred to the screen, which delayed her eventual success on film. Ironically, in this case, it was director Gary Marshall's former brother-in-law, Rob Reiner, who gave Bates her big-screen break in Misery (1990), from which she ended up better-off, as she won A Best Actress Academy Award (Oscar) for the film."
"Playwright Terrence McNally originally wrote the role of Frankie for Kathy Bates. Johnny was played by Kenneth Welsh in the 1987 Off-Broadway production of "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" that starred Bates."
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Post by petrolino on Dec 4, 2021 4:52:03 GMT
It's a pretty good movie BUT I seriously do wish that they had made it starring Kathy Bates since the play had been written FOR her and she had played the role on stage. For me, casting Michelle as 'Frankie' was like casting Rock Hudson to play 'Marty'.
IMDb: "Kathy Bates, who had originated the role of Frankie on stage, was passed over in favor of Michelle Pfeiffer, a fate that often seemed to befall her stage characters when transferred to the screen, which delayed her eventual success on film. Ironically, in this case, it was director Gary Marshall's former brother-in-law, Rob Reiner, who gave Bates her big-screen break in Misery (1990), from which she ended up better-off, as she won A Best Actress Academy Award (Oscar) for the film." "Playwright Terrence McNally originally wrote the role of Frankie for Kathy Bates. Johnny was played by Kenneth Welsh in the 1987 Off-Broadway production of "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" that starred Bates."
I understand. But it did bring the musical work of Sam Cooke and Claude Debussy back to general conversation.
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