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Post by NeilVHughes on Mar 9, 2024 18:44:09 GMT
This play lives or dies on its Juliet, her’s is the role around which all the others pivot, her balance of innocence and worldliness along with her embodiment of first love is infectious and exciting in all the best productions.
Romeo fo me is a vanilla Shakespearean role, plenty more male roles for an actor to prove his chops, Tom’s Richard III would have been much more enticing.
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Post by nash16 on Mar 9, 2024 18:53:14 GMT
Juliet has now been cast, but guessing they'll want a poster with them both on a) to announce her, and b) to replace the god awful one they announced Tom with.
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Post by happysooz2 on Mar 9, 2024 23:25:05 GMT
Juliet has now been cast, but guessing they'll want a poster with them both on a) to announce her, and b) to replace the god awful one they announced Tom with. Is it Timothée Chalamet? |
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Mar 10, 2024 10:40:34 GMT
Juliet has now been cast, but guessing they'll want a poster with them both on a) to announce her, and b) to replace the god awful one they announced Tom with. Is it Timothée Chalamet? Could you imagine the stage door for that?! I agree, Juliet features in the title and should have been announced at the same time…however the producers have made their money now anyway. |
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 10, 2024 12:03:03 GMT
I would imagine a good 90% of the audience who have tickets for this will go 'who?' at the Juliet as it'll be a theatre name, so I'm not at all surprised they just sold it off Holland.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Mar 10, 2024 12:31:53 GMT
I would imagine a good 90% of the audience who have tickets for this will go 'who?' at the Juliet as it'll be a theatre name, so I'm not at all surprised they just sold it off Holland. You’re likely to be right. The celebrity name sells the show but do they necessarily do the best acting? |
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 10, 2024 12:50:06 GMT
Rarely. But let's not forget he began his career on the stage.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 10, 2024 13:05:16 GMT
Not sure that playing Billy is much use as training to play Romeo
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Post by theatrefan62 on Mar 10, 2024 16:25:13 GMT
Not sure that playing Billy is much use as training to play Romeo Maybe not, but he seems committed to acting rather than just being a movie star. He was very good as a child actor in The Impossible, and he has done some very good performances in dark and heavy roles in various things on streaming platforms. His screen roles are more diverse than just Spiderman. Billy Elliot certainly isn't a bad place to have started stage work. That's a big role, its not like he was one of the banks kids or child eponine/cosette. I think he has potential to be a very good romeo. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 10, 2024 17:04:28 GMT
Maybe. But tackling Shakespeare for the first time is something that requires proper support and training.
R&J is particularly verse heavy and has a higher than average number of rhyming lines. You need to understand how to navigate that to fully get to grips with it
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 10, 2024 18:10:29 GMT
Not sure that playing Billy is much use as training to play Romeo Sure, but he has experience of being on stage, which is a massive plus - I think what we've seen him do so far on screen also points to the fact he can do it. Let's also not forget that Jamie Lloyd will likely reinvent this in some way, so it's not going to be your traditional Romeo. |
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Post by nash16 on Mar 16, 2024 19:25:12 GMT
Juliet has now been cast, but guessing they'll want a poster with them both on a) to announce her, and b) to replace the god awful one they announced Tom with. Is it Timothée Chalamet? It....is Timothée. BUT he's only contracted on bingo nights. |
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Post by Jon on Mar 17, 2024 0:08:12 GMT
I think Florence Pugh would be good as Juliet but I think she's too busy.
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Post by curiouskc on Mar 25, 2024 17:56:26 GMT
The Daily Fail papped Tom Holland going for a 3 hour long chemistry read with actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers. This was about nine days ago so I'm guessing at that this stage of pre-production she either is Juliet or was one of the Juliet finalists.
Rehearsals will surely start soon and that should mean the rest of the cast list being announced.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 25, 2024 21:16:01 GMT
The Daily Fail papped Tom Holland going for a 3 hour long chemistry read with actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers. This was about nine days ago so I'm guessing at that this stage of pre-production she either is Juliet or was one of the Juliet finalists. Rehearsals will surely start soon and that should mean the rest of the cast list being announced. She’s doing sound and music And maybe Juliet |
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Post by curiouskc on Mar 26, 2024 13:25:37 GMT
She’s doing sound and music And maybe Juliet If she's doing sound/music but is also an actress could she be a Juliet understudy? |
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Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 26, 2024 14:13:51 GMT
She’s doing sound and music And maybe Juliet If she's doing sound/music but is also an actress could she be a Juliet understudy? She COULD be doing any of them |
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Post by marob on Mar 28, 2024 12:17:44 GMT
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Post by Dave B on Mar 28, 2024 12:25:01 GMT
Under 30s, keyworker etc on sale from Wednesday 10 April at 10am.
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Post by ceebee on Mar 28, 2024 12:26:33 GMT
More cameras... could be interesting...
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Post by solotheatregoer on Mar 28, 2024 12:29:06 GMT
Nice to see some familiar faces from previous JL productions.
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Post by mattnyc on Mar 28, 2024 12:52:46 GMT
More cameras on stage. To quote Miranda Priestly….
“Groundbreaking”
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Post by bigredapple on Mar 28, 2024 13:02:10 GMT
SO excited for Freema
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Post by Mark on Mar 28, 2024 14:00:15 GMT
Criteria has changed for the £25 tix it seems.
Both ticket holders need to fit the criteria (previously your +1 could be anyone if you weren't going based on age), and Key Workers now defined as those eligible for a Blue Light Card (no mention of teachers/shop workers anymore).
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Post by fiyero on Mar 28, 2024 15:52:06 GMT
Criteria has changed for the £25 tix it seems. Both ticket holders need to fit the criteria (previously your +1 could be anyone if you weren't going based on age), and Key Workers now defined as those eligible for a Blue Light Card (no mention of teachers/shop workers anymore). That sucks. Not that I had much chance of getting tickets, presale was hard enough |
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