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Post by nash16 on Mar 5, 2017 0:57:49 GMT
Are there any rumours as to who is going to play Hamilton himself? I can't wait to see this. Just one more year... It's going to be Riz Ahmed. He's started seeing a lot of theatre in prep. He was at the Young Vic tonight with Lena Dunham.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 1:47:15 GMT
Are there any rumours as to who is going to play Hamilton himself? I can't wait to see this. Just one more year... It's going to be Riz Ahmed. He's started seeing a lot of theatre in prep. He was at the Young Vic tonight with Lena Dunham. So is this a guess or something you know? It would make a lot of sense to me, especially with the rumour of Lin coming in next year as Riz would likely only want to do a limited run of a few months.
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Post by ali973 on Mar 5, 2017 5:59:47 GMT
It's going to be Riz Ahmed. He's started seeing a lot of theatre in prep. He was at the Young Vic tonight with Lena Dunham. He had a guest role in the 2nd episode of Girls, Season 6 and actually raps in it too.
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Post by ali973 on Mar 5, 2017 17:42:59 GMT
Spamilton cast recording now out.
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Post by lewis on Mar 5, 2017 17:47:47 GMT
Hadley Fraser as king george?
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Post by alece10 on Mar 5, 2017 17:51:34 GMT
I know I'm a bit old in the tooth but I've never heard of Riz Ahmed. Googled him and still none the wiser. I didn't think we would get Lin but I was hoping for someone I'd actually heard of.
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Post by viserys on Mar 5, 2017 19:04:05 GMT
I'm quiet ancient myself, but I -have- heard of the chap. He was in "Four Lions" some years ago and more recently in the new Star Wars movie (Rogue One) and played the lead in HBO's mini-series "The Night Of", which should bag him some awards. Apparently he's also a bit of a rapper.
While I think he would be fantastic casting, I don't think he'd be committing himself to some months on stage right now when his movie career is kicking off big time - and Hamilton sells like hot cakes without the need to fork out for a star's salary. So as much as I'd LOVE to see Riz Ahmed as Hamilton, I don't think it will happen.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 19:16:12 GMT
I know I'm a bit old in the tooth but I've never heard of Riz Ahmed. Googled him and still none the wiser. I didn't think we would get Lin but I was hoping for someone I'd actually heard of. I had no idea who he was too, and was scared to admit it on here for fear of being branded a racist for not knowing...(believe me I'm just as oblivious to many contemporary white actors) A bit of googling left me not much the wiser too, as I established that nope, I'd not seen a single thing that he may have crossed my path in. Anyway it does indeed seem that his TV/Film/Music career is too 'hot' right now to take that much of a break from. Personally I'd love a relative unknown to take the role rather than an established 'name' not only does it not need that name to sell but I'm sure it'll do wonders for the career of whoever ends up and Hamilton.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 5, 2017 19:24:00 GMT
I suppose it's right that they don't need a big name seeing that it's sold out for eternity. They could really get some bloke who lives down the road for a fiver a week. Let's hope it's someone who can do 8 shows a week.
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Post by ali973 on Mar 5, 2017 19:28:00 GMT
I don't think anyone could be accused of living under a rock for not knowing who he is. He's enjoying good notices and getting good gigs, but he's in no way a household name or extremely mainstream. I think you sort of need to have very specific pop culture interests to know who he is. I for one only really know him from "The Night Of", not that I've seen it, but I know of it and know the basic premise of the show. He's definitely a non-musical theatre type, or a Hollywood A-list so it sort of makes sense that not a lot of us would know who he is.
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Post by ali973 on Mar 5, 2017 19:29:17 GMT
I suppose it's right that they don't need a big name seeing that it's sold out for eternity. They could really get some bloke who lives down the road for a fiver a week. Let's hope it's someone who can do 8 shows a week. Seven There's a Hamilton alternate, who in other productions is on once a week. Very Dreamgirls of them
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 19:47:44 GMT
I've never heard of him either, and even Lin himself wouldn't be known by vast majority of the general public
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Post by dizzieblonde on Mar 5, 2017 20:07:30 GMT
I've never heard of him either, and even Lin himself wouldn't be known by vast majority of the general public Rogue One took over £65 million in the UK alone ($1 billion worldwide) - I think you may be underestimating the sheer quantity of people who now know exactly who Riz Ahmed is! That wasn't a walk-on role he had! You may not have heard of him, and I hadn't until last year, but he's pretty much the definition of a British rising star. He's Golden Globe and SAG nominated this year, he's releasing relevant music (he's part of the Coachella line up this year - the very definition of who's 'in'!), and I suspect even a short run in Hamilton will benefit both him and the musical. Of course, they may go with a complete unknown, but I think whoever they pick will have at least a vaguely recognisable name.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 5, 2017 20:30:58 GMT
Riz Ahmed has a flourishing tv and film career- he won't be doing Hamilton.
I'm mystified why people are STILL banging on about a 'name' being cast in the role.
It's
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 21:20:43 GMT
I've never heard of him either, and even Lin himself wouldn't be known by vast majority of the general public Rogue One took over £65 million in the UK alone ($1 billion worldwide) - I think you may be underestimating the sheer quantity of people who now know exactly who Riz Ahmed is! That wasn't a walk-on role he had! You may not have heard of him, and I hadn't until last year, but he's pretty much the definition of a British rising star. He's Golden Globe and SAG nominated this year, he's releasing relevant music (he's part of the Coachella line up this year - the very definition of who's 'in'!), and I suspect even a short run in Hamilton will benefit both him and the musical. Of course, they may go with a complete unknown, but I think whoever they pick will have at least a vaguely recognisable name. sure if you want around explaining all of that to everyone, but on name alone (which is what's shown on posters etc), majority of people won't know who he is. But as Mr B says it's sold out so they can cast anyone and it won't matter
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Post by 49thand8th on Mar 5, 2017 23:54:07 GMT
I suppose it's right that they don't need a big name seeing that it's sold out for eternity. They could really get some bloke who lives down the road for a fiver a week. Let's hope it's someone who can do 8 shows a week. That's basically what they've been doing for all the supporting/ensemble players for Broadway, the US tour, and Chicago.
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Post by Marwood on Mar 6, 2017 0:52:26 GMT
My spurious link to Riz Ahmed - I went to see the first episode of The Night Of at the BFI last year, Riz Ahmed and John Turturro were both there, when the evening was over, I went out to the toilets, I held the door open for Mr. Ahmed to come into the toilets behind me (twice), and he didn't say thank you either time, let's just say I wasn't impressed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 1:21:03 GMT
It doesn't need a star name, but maybe he wants to do it and he'd be good for the part? Like Taran Killam playing King George on Broadway right now. Sometimes star casting doesn't have to be to make money. He was featured on The Hamilton Mixtape and is a huge fan of the show:
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Post by Sari on Mar 9, 2017 12:43:00 GMT
I've been asking around and everybody thinks that Riz will play Hamilton... tbh I can totally see him playing Hamilton for at least 6 months. It's not about "having a ""star"" to sell tickets", like you said, Hamilton doesn't need it. But if Riz auditioned for the role, or asked Lin to be Hamilton, i'm sure they wouldn't say no.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 12:50:37 GMT
Who is "everybody" though? If you're including some industry types then that's going to be a wee bit more meaningful than if it's the general theatre-going public who don't have any particular insights or insides on the process but have looked at the available evidence (he exists and he'd be great at it and he's been seen in a theatre recently and he's FIRMLY on LMM's radar) and concluded that it's not beyond the realms of possibility. Not trying to do you down at all, I hope this doesn't come across that way, but we should keep our expectations in check. I would for him to play the role and if everyone of that opinion convinces themselves that it must be true, based at least partly on how much we want it to be true, then if it does turn out to be someone else, it'll be hard to bite back the disappointment, which would be unfair on whoever it did turn out to be (unless it was Lin after all, which would be one hell of a consolation prize).
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Post by Sari on Mar 9, 2017 12:59:53 GMT
Some people are industry types and some aren't. Some know a lot about how the West End works and some don't. But it's true that we should keep our expectations in check, just in case. I think we just have to keep in mind that we're seeing Hamilton and, at least for me, that's 100% enough. So if Alexander ends up being played by an unknown person I wouldn't be disappointed at all, If that person is chosen for the role i'm sure he will be GREAT.
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Post by thebearofwestend on Mar 26, 2017 3:05:40 GMT
Your best on who will play King George III in Hamilton ?
Just wondering
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 3:25:55 GMT
This should be in the Hamilton thread. I'd like it to be Jamie Parker.
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Post by ali973 on Mar 26, 2017 3:53:28 GMT
I'll let the mods micro-manage and merge. Then I'll respond.
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Post by Michael on Mar 26, 2017 7:55:47 GMT
Threads merged
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