If it had been a straight drama, I think it would have been awesome. But I actually like a good musical, and sadly this wasn't one, though by Terry's comment, that comes down to the casting/singing. So at some point I'll have to check out the stageplay in some form, so long as they haven't taken their cue from this film.
I didn't meet Deep Roy, it was only a dream I had, sadly. He is someone I'd like to meet though. His turn as the Oompa Loompas was really hard work. Having to film every dancing Oompa Loompa separately, learn all the choreography, try to sing (he discovered he couldn't actually sing)... it was a big, hard role. But he got well paid, at least.
Michael Anderson, the dwarf from Twin Peaks, is another. I remember a mate of mine did meet him, and then started to talk to me about how at the same event he met some other 'name' actor or director, and I told him to shut up and go back to Anderson. Apparently the backwards dialogue thing had been his party piece for years, and Lynch didn't know about it when he cast him. Lynch was so impressed at how easily he could do the lines backwards, he gave the actor a lot more lines to read.
I've always wanted to write a script casting a small person in an important role, and never once referencing their height.
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Date: 2009-03-26 01:48 am (UTC)I didn't meet Deep Roy, it was only a dream I had, sadly. He is someone I'd like to meet though. His turn as the Oompa Loompas was really hard work. Having to film every dancing Oompa Loompa separately, learn all the choreography, try to sing (he discovered he couldn't actually sing)... it was a big, hard role. But he got well paid, at least.
Michael Anderson, the dwarf from Twin Peaks, is another. I remember a mate of mine did meet him, and then started to talk to me about how at the same event he met some other 'name' actor or director, and I told him to shut up and go back to Anderson. Apparently the backwards dialogue thing had been his party piece for years, and Lynch didn't know about it when he cast him. Lynch was so impressed at how easily he could do the lines backwards, he gave the actor a lot more lines to read.
I've always wanted to write a script casting a small person in an important role, and never once referencing their height.