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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 4:49:20 GMT
I think its becoming quite evident they've had some trouble casting this with the stars they wanted.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 6:04:51 GMT
I quite like her but I certainly wouldn't rush out to see her in this role. Also, I prefer my Fairy Godmothers a bit older. I agree, I like Amanda a lot, but I would rather someone who doesn't look around the same age as Cinderella herself!
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Post by Michael on Jul 1, 2016 6:42:22 GMT
Amanda Holden? What's wrong with some casting directors? There's just one scenario where I would cast Amanda Holden, and that's when the only other choice is Kimberley Walsh. Wait, even then I'd rather not stage this show at all.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 6:47:39 GMT
I think Amanda Holden will be great!!
It's funny and weird how Baz is announcing cats bit-by-bit. I think it'll be the step sisters next?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 8:40:42 GMT
Amanda Holden? Oh dear.
What's that noise? Is that the sound of a barrel being scraped?
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Post by basdfg on Jul 1, 2016 9:07:00 GMT
Baz said no date for further casting but should be soonish. I think it be the step sisters next then Cinderella as the last announcement. Maybe an older lady at the castle as well to go with Nigel Havers.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jul 1, 2016 10:55:18 GMT
I suspect that a fair few actesses were approached and declined.
For example Barbara Windsor, but at 78 I suspect that up to 12 shows a week would have been too much!
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Jul 1, 2016 11:11:44 GMT
Thought this morning, wouldn't it be great to have Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders as the Ugly Sisters - having been all over the media for the Ab Fab movie? Obviously unlikely to happen but would boost the female lead number up.
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Post by jaqs on Jul 1, 2016 11:20:14 GMT
I suspect that a fair few actesses were approached and declined. For example Barbara Windsor, but at 78 I suspect that up to 12 shows a week would have been too much! I was thinking she'd be fine, she recently did Bristol panto, then checked and it was 2010. |
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Post by basdfg on Jul 1, 2016 12:20:33 GMT
Barbara Windsor Eastenders return, aired over just five episodes, was filmed over 6 weeks to help her cope with the workload. She was never in contention for 12 shows a week. She's virtually retired from show bussiness now.
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Post by shady23 on Jul 1, 2016 19:24:06 GMT
I think Amanda Holden will be great!! Amanda Holden and great are words that should not be found together. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 19:25:25 GMT
I think Amanda Holden will be great!! Amanda Holden and great are words that should not be found together. Ah no! I love her on BGT and she should have good chemistry with Cinderella. Would've been nice to have seen someone like Joan Collins as it thiugh |
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Post by shady23 on Jul 1, 2016 19:28:30 GMT
Saying "that was a good performance. It's a yes from me" does not make you suitably qualified to sing or act to the required standard for a leading lady.
If she hadn't been in the papers for having an affair and got famous as a result she wouldn't even be getting gigs on Blackpool Pier!
(Sorry Amanda fans)
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Post by Michael on Jul 1, 2016 19:32:03 GMT
I think Amanda Holden will be great!! Amanda Holden and great are words that should not be found together. ...unless there's a not between them. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 19:33:21 GMT
I really liked her in Shrek and think she was unfairly reviewed by some, probably because she was cast initially over her being well known over anything (deny all you want, she is a well known and pretty well liked person). She was fun, she made it her own and I doubt she will be bad in this. And in all honesty, if they have her only in the transformation scene, do people really care? Usually in panto, the role of Fairy Godmother is also the narrator, but even then, you wont be that bothered by her surely?
Also wondering, how were her reviews for Millie back in the day? She must of done alright considering she was Olivier nominated for it!
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Post by Michael on Jul 1, 2016 19:39:11 GMT
Saying "that was a good performance. It's a yes from me" does not make you suitably qualified to song or act to the required standard for a leading lady. If she hadn't been in the papers for having an affair and got famous as a result she wouldn't even be getting gigs on Blackpool Pier! (Sorry Amanda fans) True. I still can't believe how she was cast in Shrek. I was spoilt by seeing the outstanding understudy Alice Fearn first so I had high hopes for the main cast Fiona, but Amanda Holden was astonishingly bad. Wooden acting, weak singing voice, no chemistry with her fellow cast members and no charisma. Admittedly, her replacement (Kimberley Walsh) was even worse, but that's not something I wanted to be judged by. |
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Post by Michael on Jul 1, 2016 19:47:43 GMT
I really liked her in Shrek and think she was unfairly reviewed by some, probably because she was cast initially over her being well known over anything (deny all you want, she is a well known and pretty well liked person). She was fun, she made it her own and I doubt she will be bad in this. And in all honesty, if they have her only in the transformation scene, do people really care? Usually in panto, the role of Fairy Godmother is also the narrator, but even then, you wont be that bothered by her surely? I'm German, and, prior to seeing her in Shrek, I have never heard of Amanda Holden before. I was thus totally unbiased when I saw her (admittedly, I had great expectations as I had seen her fantastic understudy Alice Fearn first, and, naive as I was back then, naturally assumed that the main cast Fiona must be even better - how wrong I was) and was astonished how someone as bad as her could have been cast as a lead role in a West End theatre. As I've said above: Wooden acting, weak singing voice, no chemistry with her fellow cast members and no charisma. Oh, and I forgot to add "completely unfunny". |
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Post by infofreako on Jul 1, 2016 19:57:25 GMT
Its disappointing casting for me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 19:59:50 GMT
Im just glad the original casting is so strong to make up for her.
Good job its not really an acting role, shes had so much botox her gace barely moves these days
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Post by Steffi on Jul 1, 2016 20:03:14 GMT
Also wondering, how were her reviews for Millie back in the day? She must of done alright considering she was Olivier nominated for it! I don't remember the reviews but I saw both her and her understudy Donna Steel as Millie. And for me Donna was on a completely different level. I found Amanda quite bland in the show. She was what I would descibe as average. Not a car crash but far from great. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 20:45:46 GMT
I think Wimbledon will have to get good casting this year as they aren't the only London pantomime anymore. I've been going there ever since I was a little child but we've changed this year.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 20:56:02 GMT
I wouldn't say Amanda Holden's the greatest actress in the world but she is professionally trained and has a career spanning quarter of a century. If she wasn't currently best known for her work on a talent show I'm sure there wouldn't be anywhere near as much negativity about her, and a lot of the criticism smells a bit of "She's famous now so she must suck".
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 20:58:16 GMT
I don't wish to be Mr Negative, I mean, I love Paul Zerdin's act especially, but there was just so much potential for this, so much potential!
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Post by infofreako on Jul 1, 2016 21:11:52 GMT
For me its nothing to do with her role on a talent show. I thought she was awful before that and ive stuck to that opinion
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 21:22:32 GMT
Wait, I'm confused, why are people complaining that they are scraping the bottom of the barrel with Amanda when it is hardly the best of casting all around anyway? Lee Mead, Paul O' Grady and a little Julian Clary aside.
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