I really can't think of anyone that is good looking enough and talented enough to play him.
Who is he? What is he in?
by Anonymous | reply 1 | January 6, 2022 10:05 PM |
There isn't a single famous actor nowadays who possesses the sheer masculine attractiveness, charisma and above all else, TALENT, that Gene Kelly had. I wouldn't be able to cast anyone as him, as most contemporary actors are not only short on talent and personality, but are downright ugly without heavy makeup and Photoshop.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | January 6, 2022 10:06 PM |
That's why I think an unknown may be the best option, R2.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 6, 2022 10:09 PM |
What’s his tik tok username? Does he have an OF?
by Anonymous | reply 4 | January 6, 2022 10:15 PM |
An unknown. Someone who is a trained dancer who can recreate his dances, can sing, act, and is very charming, charismatic and handsome.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 6, 2022 10:18 PM |
Penn Badgely. Richard Madden (especially now). Or here's a left-field choice: Dan Levy.
Assuming any of these have an aptitude for dance.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 6, 2022 10:19 PM |
Richard Madden? They look NOTHING ALIKE.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 6, 2022 10:19 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 6, 2022 10:20 PM |
Honestly, I'm convinced they need an unknown.
Check out these two recreating Moses Supposes. The guy playing Gene looks something like him, though a little tall.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 6, 2022 10:23 PM |
Tom Holland.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 6, 2022 10:24 PM |
Dan fuckin Levy?! Are you on drugs?
by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 6, 2022 10:25 PM |
Nobody has a backside as beautiful.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 6, 2022 10:26 PM |
Robbie Fairchild or Sebastian Stan.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 6, 2022 10:27 PM |
If they were going with a big name, I'd go with Ryan Gossling who can sing and dance and is more than good enough looking.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 6, 2022 10:28 PM |
Are you nuts, R15? He looks nothing like Gene.
I think the young man in the video from R9 looks good and would make a passable Gene. Plus, he can obviously dance.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | January 6, 2022 10:30 PM |
I can shing and dansch
by Anonymous | reply 18 | January 6, 2022 10:30 PM |
He looks like a younger, healthier Ben Affleck, but that's where the similarity ends
by Anonymous | reply 19 | January 6, 2022 10:30 PM |
Wow. I guess white people think all white people look alike.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | January 6, 2022 10:31 PM |
A YOUNG Matthew Broderick could have possibly done it.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 6, 2022 10:32 PM |
A YOUNG Matthew Broderick!!! Are you Stevie Wonder?!
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 6, 2022 10:35 PM |
John Cusack comes to mind but doubt he can sing and dance. I imagine a theater actor could do the job nicely. Tom Hardy doesn't have Kelly's style IMO.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 6, 2022 10:35 PM |
The answer is obvious. TimO’Tay.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | January 6, 2022 10:35 PM |
Chris Evans
by Anonymous | reply 27 | January 6, 2022 10:36 PM |
Matt Bomer
by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 6, 2022 10:36 PM |
You're all crazy. All of you. There's NO ONE famous that can pull it off. NO ONE.
I said a YOUNG Matthew Broderick because he can sing, dance and act, plus he had a theatre background, R23. He wouldn't be perfect, but someone like him.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 6, 2022 10:38 PM |
Joseph Gorak, soloist with ABT. Don’t know if he can sing but maybe he can take singing and acting lessons.
Most importantly for casting Gene Kelly is that the actor has to be able not just dance but move like/ have carriage of a dancer. If you look at Gene Kelly, part of hid charisma had to do with his dancer’s posture and way he moved when not dancing.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 6, 2022 10:39 PM |
Vote for Ryan Gosling. He can sing, dance and has excellent comedic timing.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | January 6, 2022 10:39 PM |
David Alvarez - make it a color-blind cast.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | January 6, 2022 10:40 PM |
Kelly was Irish and you need someone with a touch of that blarney!
by Anonymous | reply 33 | January 6, 2022 10:40 PM |
[quote]That's why I think an unknown may be the best option, [R2].
That would be the best option for most biopics about famous actors and actresses. When I look at Nicole Kidman in Grace of Monaco, all I see is Nicole Kidman.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | January 6, 2022 10:40 PM |
Interesting, R30. He may be the best choice so far. Is he muscular like Gene though?
by Anonymous | reply 35 | January 6, 2022 10:41 PM |
R26 Lol
by Anonymous | reply 36 | January 6, 2022 10:42 PM |
Okay, here's the guy from the above linked video. Dancer and can sing and act too.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | January 6, 2022 10:43 PM |
Tony Yazbeck.
Not a not facial match but an actor dancer singer with Broadway cred.
Good ass too.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | January 6, 2022 10:47 PM |
[quote] David Alvarez - make it a color-blind cast.
YAAAAAS! The most talented person should always get the part, regardless of color.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | January 6, 2022 10:47 PM |
R35 yes he’s got juicy thighs. Check him and his butt/ thighs out in an excerpt from Balanchine’s masterpiece Theme and Variations, video at around 42:30 mark, his ballerina partner is Sarah Lane, who was the double who did actual dancing for Natalie Portman in Black Swan.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | January 6, 2022 10:49 PM |
HE WAS OLIVE SKINNED. Not pasty white.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | January 6, 2022 10:49 PM |
No to everyone suggested in this thread aside from
the ballet dancer
Tony Yazbeek
the tap dancer
by Anonymous | reply 42 | January 6, 2022 10:51 PM |
Being honest, I wouldn't cast anyone as Gene Kelly because most people under 50 don't know who he is. Like Spielberg's West Side Story, no one cares.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | January 6, 2022 10:58 PM |
“They” shouldn’t cast anyone as Mean Smelly. Don’t tell his story. The end.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | January 6, 2022 11:00 PM |
I've never heard of Tony Yazbeck, but after looking him up, he's my choice, too!
by Anonymous | reply 46 | January 6, 2022 11:00 PM |
If he's not on TIK TOK apparently he doesn't exist.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | January 6, 2022 11:00 PM |
Louis Gaunt is nowhere near as handsome as Gene Kelly, but he is an excellent dancer and with lots of makeup, could have a somewhat passing resemblance, R37. So far, he'd be the best candidate.
David Alvarez and Tony Yazbeck are talented, but hideously ugly. As for the people who have suggested Ryan Gosling, Penn Badgley, Dan Levy and Richard Madden, all I can say is that you're either joking or high. All of them are plain-looking and none of them have enough dancing and singing talent, nor enough charisma.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | January 6, 2022 11:01 PM |
Here's Louis Gaunt's profile. Too tall, but his height could be worked with, and he could pass facially with some makeup, as you say, R48.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 6, 2022 11:03 PM |
Tom Hardy looks nothing like Gene Kelly. Not even close.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | January 6, 2022 11:16 PM |
That's true, R50. But current Hollywood stars have a tendency to get their publicists to say that they look like Golden Age legends, for some reason. And if someone as mediocre and plastic-looking as Kate Beckinsale can be compared to the ravisingly beautiful Ava Gardner, all comparisons are valid...
by Anonymous | reply 51 | January 6, 2022 11:19 PM |
Joseph Gorak can fill out a pair of street pants too. Photo from a modern work titled Dumbarton. He’s the right height and proportions too for Kelly. I’d guess his height to be around 5’7”.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | January 6, 2022 11:19 PM |
R48 needs to have his eyes checked. David and Tony are damn sexy.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | January 6, 2022 11:21 PM |
His nose is all wrong though, R52. He's not right facially and his features aren't expressive, his face just kind of blends.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 6, 2022 11:24 PM |
As we can see, the local representative of the "I Fancy Anything With a Pulse" brigade @R53, has deigned to visit us. Thanks for letting me know that my eyesight is more selective than yours, dearie.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | January 6, 2022 11:26 PM |
HE. WAS. OLIVE. SKINNED.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | January 6, 2022 11:26 PM |
I’m just getting a kick out of the fact the person on the other thread policing it made another thread…
by Anonymous | reply 58 | January 6, 2022 11:27 PM |
R57, which is why I like Louis Gaunt.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | January 6, 2022 11:29 PM |
How about Rita Moreno? She can dance. Rita worked with Gene, she could capture his "essence." She really wants another Oscar. And Rita can stretch, and kick, and SHE'S 90! 90 years old!
by Anonymous | reply 60 | January 6, 2022 11:34 PM |
Channing Tatum - For your viewing pleasure: "No Dames" from [italic]Hail, Caesar[/italic]
by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 6, 2022 11:38 PM |
Channing Tatum is way too ugly to play Gene.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 6, 2022 11:38 PM |
[quote] 👏 HE. 👏 WAS. 👏 OLIVE. 👏 SKINNED. 👏
FTFY
by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 6, 2022 11:42 PM |
How do you know, R54, have you seen him emote up close or dance onstage? His profile and countenance IMO approximate those of Kelly’s, and like I say the key is not to find a face that looks exactly like Kelly’s but someone who can move like him WITH the right build.
I think the key is to find a dancer who can sing passably instead of a singer who can dance passably. Kelly is considered more of a dancer-actor first rather than singing actor who could dance. It should be an unknown, maybe someone on Broadway or ballet world.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 6, 2022 11:47 PM |
What about Derek Hough?
by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 7, 2022 2:20 AM |
Ron Livingston, when he was younger.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | January 7, 2022 2:25 AM |
Nick Jonas maybe if he cleaned off all those hideous moles and axed the faux wife.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | January 7, 2022 2:30 AM |
To bad Patrick Swayze isn’t alive. An unknown dancer should be cast, but they need a celebrity to attract an audience. Ryan Gosling would be my pick or maybe even Justine Timberlake. 🤭
Derek Hough really is an amazing dancer. Don’t think any actor could compare to a professional dancer.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | January 7, 2022 2:44 AM |
Chris Messina or Mark Ruffalo.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | January 7, 2022 3:06 AM |
Young Ron Livingston or Kyle Chandler look like him, but I can’t imagine either of them dancing or moving like him at all.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | January 7, 2022 3:11 AM |
John Goodman
by Anonymous | reply 74 | January 7, 2022 3:13 AM |
Okay, well if they're going to cast Chris Evans, why not go for Hugh Jackman? He has marginal tap skills at least.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | January 7, 2022 3:16 AM |
Jason Sudeikis
by Anonymous | reply 76 | January 7, 2022 3:38 AM |
R56 wanted to use the vocabulary word he just learned: deigned (after getting his eyes checked).
by Anonymous | reply 77 | January 7, 2022 3:45 AM |
Another vote for Chris Messina. Right height and build, great smile, can dance.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | January 7, 2022 4:03 AM |
Puke, R78.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | January 7, 2022 4:04 AM |
Raven Simone
by Anonymous | reply 81 | January 7, 2022 4:05 AM |
Broadway dancer/singer/actor/star Tony Yazbeck has the ass in spades. Nobody else does. But Tony doesn't have the overall star quality.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | January 7, 2022 4:13 AM |
I already turned it down.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | January 7, 2022 4:33 AM |
It's clear that most of you would make horrible casting directors.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | January 7, 2022 5:59 AM |
John Travolta.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | January 7, 2022 8:06 AM |
Jake Picking
by Anonymous | reply 87 | January 7, 2022 8:12 AM |
Johnny Lee Miller.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | January 7, 2022 9:22 AM |
Jonah Hill.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | January 7, 2022 9:37 AM |
OMG, guys. At least try.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | January 7, 2022 2:48 PM |
I said…Jake Picking damnit!
by Anonymous | reply 91 | January 7, 2022 4:03 PM |
Lucille Ball was interested, but Gary said no.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | January 7, 2022 4:29 PM |
Nobody can play Gene Kelly effectively.
But if anyone wants to film Tony Yazbeck's ass for two hours, I'll watch every second,
by Anonymous | reply 93 | January 7, 2022 4:31 PM |
As long as they don't show his face, R93!
by Anonymous | reply 94 | January 7, 2022 4:34 PM |
I know , I know, but Channing Tatum.
I loved his dance scene in Hail Caesar. He's nowhere the dancer Gene Kelly was, but he can be trained. He has the same athleticism.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | January 7, 2022 4:34 PM |
It's going to be Darren Criss.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | January 7, 2022 4:42 PM |
Are we talking about a Gene Kelly biopic or a remake of a Gene Kelly film?
If it’s the former, they probably need a bankable actor who has a passable resemblance. If it’s a remake, eh, they want an unknown and try to get a bankable second lead.
Remaking a film with a bunch of dancing is tricky because audiences’ eyes may start to glaze over. But obviously it’s part of the man’s legacy.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | January 7, 2022 4:52 PM |
I don’t discount Darren Criss anymore after the Versace miniseries, although I’m not sure Gene Kelly had a bloodthirsty affect.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | January 7, 2022 4:54 PM |
I only just learned about Gene, but I think I could have easily been in love with him. He just seems like an amazing, brave guy. Especially for the times.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | January 7, 2022 4:55 PM |
I fucking LOVE Christopher Abbott!
by Anonymous | reply 100 | January 7, 2022 5:17 PM |
I looked on Google Images and Tony Yazbeck has quite a nice face - don't know what some of you are going on about. At least as good looking as GK.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | January 7, 2022 5:57 PM |
I don’t anything about this person. But to me he looks like Ben Affleck or Paul Rudd.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | January 7, 2022 6:14 PM |
Almost everyone suggested is too old, his dancing career was pretty much over before he was 45.
You'd need an actor in their 30's to make a bio-pic work.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | January 7, 2022 6:35 PM |
[quote]Almost everyone suggested is too old, his dancing career was pretty much over before he was 45.
He looks 50 in that pic posted at OP.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | January 7, 2022 6:38 PM |
R104 If he's 50 in that pic then it's 10 years after Singin' In The Rain which was released when he was 40.
[QUOTE] 46 years old might seem like a young age for retirement, but as Kelly explained, when he felt like it was time to hang up his dancing shoes because he could no longer get the reaction he wanted from audiences. He also added that while he could have continued dancing in some way forever, he couldn’t “be satisfied with dancing …when you can’t jump over a table but you have to take a run at it.”
by Anonymous | reply 105 | January 7, 2022 6:56 PM |
[quote]I looked on Google Images and Tony Yazbeck has quite a nice face - don't know what some of you are going on about.
Yeah, I'd love to see photos of the DL queens who are carrying on about how Tony Yazbeck is supposedly unattractive. I'm sure the participants in this thread are mostly print ad models.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | January 7, 2022 8:04 PM |
Those guys in R9 are actually really, really good!
by Anonymous | reply 107 | January 7, 2022 8:10 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 110 | January 7, 2022 8:21 PM |
R108/R109, now please post a pic of yourself. I'm sure you're so beautiful it hurts.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | January 7, 2022 8:35 PM |
This is perfect for Darren "I'm not gay" Chriss
by Anonymous | reply 112 | January 7, 2022 8:37 PM |
Dancer Christopher Rice could handle the dance numbers easily. Don't know about the acting portion, but he's an excellent dancer. He as also in the Book of Mormon
Christopher Rice (no relation to Anne Rice) is the dancer in the black shirt and vest in the video below.
The guy in the white shirt is his husband, Clay Thomson.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | January 7, 2022 8:39 PM |
Yazbeck is about 10 times the singer Kelly was.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | January 7, 2022 8:40 PM |
That doesn't mean he's the right person to play Kelly, R114.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | January 7, 2022 8:46 PM |
I didn't say he was, r115.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | January 7, 2022 8:47 PM |
[quote]Dancer Christopher Rice could handle the dance numbers easily.
He's all wrong.
Too femme and boyish. Gene Kelly was manly.
Also what these dancers get wrong is that their moves are fussy.
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, their movements were crisp, almost mechanical. They also had a way of keeping their heads still while they danced. As if their heads were floating above their body. It made everything seem effortless and graceful. They were very economical with their movements. They also kept their faces expressionless, no grimacing, heads were held high for the camera and lighting.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | January 7, 2022 8:56 PM |
^please excuse typos.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | January 7, 2022 8:56 PM |
The guy from R9 is best so far.
I agree with what R117 says about Rice. A great dancer, but not right for Kelly.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | January 7, 2022 9:00 PM |
What you need is a performer so dynamic, so electric, so versatile he can captivate the audience in any medium: on stage, on film, with song, with heart.
Clearly I am the only choice. And no, it's not just me and my dad who say so.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | January 7, 2022 9:09 PM |
Chris Messina looks like a Vulcan. No , no, and no.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | January 7, 2022 9:16 PM |
[quote]The guy from [R9] is best so far.
Standards are so low today on B'way, so yeah, I guess that's ok.
All the great B'way dancers are gone.
Go to the 3:00 mark, watch Don Correia....worthy of MGM. Look at their big graceful crisp clean powerful effortless movements.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | January 7, 2022 9:39 PM |
Channing Tatum
by Anonymous | reply 123 | January 7, 2022 9:45 PM |
It's a tough call because Kelly really was one of a kind. Thinking about who could play him reminds me of the duo dance in White Knights: you need someone with both the technical excellence, speed, and elegance of Baryshnikov but the masculine and relaxed feel of Hines. Someone who could plausibly stop in the middle of a gorgeous pirouette and knock you on your ass with one punch.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | January 7, 2022 10:27 PM |
The place to look would be outside the box: away from the classically trained Broadway-style dancers and someplace like the world of Irish dancing. A good pick would be someone like this lead dancer beginning at about 1:50 (not him, but someone with that style and energy):
by Anonymous | reply 125 | January 7, 2022 10:31 PM |
That guy is very muscular, R125 and someone like him would be a good choice.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | January 7, 2022 10:38 PM |
Performers like Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire worked on stage for years before they came to Hollywood. By that time. they knew every trick in the book. No one has that kind of training today.
Though I prefer Gene Kelly (he's relatable...and hot), watch these two together. Fred Astaire's elegant moves are unearthly, almost like a cartoon.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | January 7, 2022 10:57 PM |
Elliot Page
by Anonymous | reply 128 | January 8, 2022 12:16 AM |
No one is going to produce a movie about Gene Kelly and pluck some guy from the chorus line to star in it. Unless it’s produced by some low budget production company with very little distribution.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | January 8, 2022 12:41 AM |
There's newcomers in film all the time, R129, and can work in musicals. Movie musicals usually suck because they try and cast a less talented celeb like what happened with Les Mis. Get a newcomer to play Gene and round out the cast with some bigger names, I say.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | January 8, 2022 12:57 AM |
I think Olly Murs would be a good choice. PS Was Gene Kelly gay?
by Anonymous | reply 131 | January 8, 2022 1:07 AM |
Ewww! R131, no!!!
[quote] Was Gene Kelly gay?
There were gay rumors about him, so I assume he was on the dl.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | January 8, 2022 1:08 AM |
Probably Tom Holland in about 5 years.
He's a trained dancer and can sing OK.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | January 8, 2022 1:12 AM |
R133 I imagine you're joking.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | January 8, 2022 1:29 AM |
I think Andrew Garfield could pull it off. He's tiny, so he'd have to bulk up but actors do it all the time for roles.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | January 8, 2022 1:32 AM |
Based on OP's pic, he won't have to be that hot. Just have a bird face. Yuck. Horrible eyes and that the fuck happened to his nose! Plastic surgery gone wrong.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | January 8, 2022 1:39 AM |
Young Marlon Brando.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | January 8, 2022 1:42 AM |
R133 Tommy is a horrible dancer. He is too awkward/uncoordinated and has no fluidity of movement.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | January 8, 2022 1:46 AM |
R122 Wow, the dancers posted in your post are leaps and bounds better than everyone else posted in this thread. I agree that the dancers on B’way have gone down hill, but why exactly do you think that is?
by Anonymous | reply 139 | January 8, 2022 1:50 AM |
R139 Why? Fran Leibowitz explains it all to you at the link below.
The discerning audience is gone.
When I read posters here praising the clunky amateurs seen in some of the videos here, it sickens me.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | January 8, 2022 3:14 AM |
R139 Let's make a comparison.
Broadway 1969 "Promises Promises".
Look at the style, the sophistication.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | January 8, 2022 3:33 AM |
Now look at excerpts from the same number from the B'Way revival of 2010.
It's like a high school production.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | January 8, 2022 3:35 AM |
The best way to describe EVERYONE since the ascendancy of the revolting Kardashians is: it's like polishing a turd. It's all fucking garbage.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | January 8, 2022 3:37 AM |
In your opinion, R143, R140, R122 what are the two from R9 lacking? Obviously they're not Kelly and O'Connor, but I thought they were excellent, especially for a couple of students. I think they're only 20 or thereabouts in that clip.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | January 8, 2022 3:41 AM |
R144 The dancers from a hundred years ago probably spent ten thousand hrs to hone their craft. The turds these days spend ten hrs and think they are better than the greats from a century ago. These days, "dancers" are stiff and wooden like most actors.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | January 8, 2022 3:48 AM |
R145, those particular dancers were students when that was filmed, so they are honing their craft. I'm sincerely interested in your criticisms of the pair. What is it that they're lacking?
by Anonymous | reply 146 | January 8, 2022 3:52 AM |
R146 I just said, you stupid fuck. This generation wrongly thinks they are each and all celebrities. They think they deserve every award and accolade just for showing up. They don't have any real skills or talents. Just huge egos and generational entitlement. What is wrong with these "dancers" is what is wrong with everyone in their generation.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | January 8, 2022 3:56 AM |
Who is this insane eldergay who acts like Gene Kelly is the most beautiful man of all time? The little dwarf doesn't even crack the top 20 most attractive actors of his generation.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | January 8, 2022 3:57 AM |
R147 How old are you? Are you from Gene Kelly's generation? Why are you trying to claim Gene Kelly as one of your own?
by Anonymous | reply 149 | January 8, 2022 3:58 AM |
R148 Agreed. He looks like a bird man with the worst nose job in the history of all mankind.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | January 8, 2022 3:58 AM |
R149 Fuck off, Janbot.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | January 8, 2022 3:59 AM |
Holy, R147. I asked a simple question. I don't think those two kids are asking for anything for just showing up, but if that's your opinion - fine.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | January 8, 2022 4:04 AM |
R146 They're good, they're adorable. Ready to be cast as Gene and Donald? No, but they're on the right track IMHO.. To get to where Don Correia is in the clip at R122 takes years and it takes working with great choreographers. Choreographers like Michael Bennett at R141 are long gone.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | January 8, 2022 4:05 AM |
As usual, Boomers are trying to take credit for arts and talents that preceded them, in this case Gene Kelly
by Anonymous | reply 154 | January 8, 2022 4:05 AM |
Oh please, R148.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | January 8, 2022 4:07 AM |
Finn if he can dance.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | January 8, 2022 4:15 AM |
Regarding the comparison performances of Turkey Lurkey @ R141 and R142, clearly, the director and choreographer @ R142 are clearly asleep at the wheel. Unimaginative, lazy, amateurish. Sad, and unacceptable. The producers also need a kick in the ass. All of them.
Tony winner Donna McKechnie and company @ R141 are untouchable, and magnificent.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | January 8, 2022 4:21 AM |
R122 Thanks for sharing that Leibowitz quote. I suppose I had never thought of the audience members being lost in addition to the performers, but that makes sense.
R146 I’m not R122, but what I saw the difference between each group of dancers was this— The dancers in R9 aren’t bad and are all the things you have said in your various posts they are. It’s impressive they have the choreography down, that they can perform and sustain the whole number like that, and the enthusiasm is clearly there for them to have spent so much time and energy trying to perfect it. But when you watch Gene Kelly perform it, or even the 1985 performance you realize the finesse, technique, and absolute precision isn’t quite there yet. One thing that made Gene Kelly so wonderful is how effortless he made his dancing look. As an audience member you’re aware of some of the difficulty and the talent he possesses when watching him, but you are also struck by how easy he makes it look. If you really observe and look closely though, you become aware that while he has a quality of effortlessness, he by no means loses any of the precision needed to be considered a great technical dancer. He might look like he is skipping about, throwing his arms here and there somewhat casually (this is of course, an oversimplification), but look again and you realize he isn’t REALLY doing any of it casually. Or he is, but he’s only at the point where he can perform it so casually because he has ripped it apart and knows EXACTLY where every part of his body should be at each moment. He creates great lines and his dancing has a sharpness that the dancers at R9 have not yet acquired. The 1985 dancers come much closer in comparison. Can you see the difference when you go back and watch now? The stories of how mean and how hard Gene Kelly worked on his dancing are legendary (he made Debbie Reynolds crying during SITR). He would work and work and work (even though he was already much much better than most others) to make sure his performance was seamless. The dancers at R9 have energy and enthusiasm, but don’t have the seamless, “clear” quality that the other two do? Does any of that make any sense in helping you discern the difference?
The new Turkey Trot video is an abomination. Nothing like the older version which becomes absolutely electric once they get into it. Keep sharing your wisdom R122 so we can keep learning! Thank you.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | January 8, 2022 9:34 AM |
Nick Cannon
by Anonymous | reply 159 | January 8, 2022 9:39 AM |
[quote]The stories of how mean and how hard Gene Kelly worked on his dancing are legendary (he made Debbie Reynolds crying during SITR).
The brutally demanding choreographers like Michael Bennett and Bob Fosse could not work on today's Broadway. Not in today's climate.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | January 8, 2022 3:03 PM |
Thank you, R153.
R158, your explanation made a lot of sense, and yes, I can definitely see the difference between the pair at R9 and R122. I think the dancers in R9 are excellent but not up to par with the pair at R122.
[quote] The stories of how mean and how hard Gene Kelly worked on his dancing are legendary (he made Debbie Reynolds crying during SITR). He would work and work and work (even though he was already much much better than most others) to make sure his performance was seamless.
I've heard the stories about how terrible he was to work with, but, if he'd been soft the dance sequences in the films wouldn't have been as good. Like, R160 says, the demanding choreographers wouldn't get work today.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | January 8, 2022 3:13 PM |
Who the fuck cares? He wasn't all that!
by Anonymous | reply 162 | January 8, 2022 3:29 PM |
[quote] the demanding choreographers wouldn't get work today.
Today's B'way is about diversity, equity, feelings....
Even critics have their hands tied.
[quote] He might look like he is skipping about, throwing his arms here and there somewhat casually (this is of course, an oversimplification), but look again and you realize he isn’t REALLY doing any of it casually.
Right down to facial expressions.
If you look at the kids at R9, their expressions are mostly general, but watch how Gene Kelly's face tells a story, turning his dance moves into a dialogue.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | January 8, 2022 3:31 PM |
This guy maybe too tall.
He can wear padding on his buttocks and get the Pixel people to remove any crows feet.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | January 22, 2022 5:46 AM |
Wasn't Gene a closeted homo (like moi)?
by Anonymous | reply 165 | January 22, 2022 5:52 AM |
Johnny Rapid is a dead ringer!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 166 | January 22, 2022 6:15 AM |
Don Cheadle.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | January 22, 2022 6:17 AM |
Me! Cast Meee!!
by Anonymous | reply 168 | January 22, 2022 6:21 AM |
Debbie Reynolds couldn’t keep up, it was obvious in that clip at R163 she wasn’t a graceful dancer.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | January 22, 2022 2:18 PM |
I reckon this controversial, very young man has the arrogance, the good bones and meaty flesh to do the job.
They might need to use some digital trickery to do the dancing part.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | February 22, 2022 8:10 PM |
Zachary Quinto
by Anonymous | reply 171 | February 22, 2022 8:19 PM |
Freddie Stroma from UnREAL and Peacemaker would be great. They bear a passing resemblance when his hair is dark, great actor with comedic chops, and he can sing and dance.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | February 22, 2022 8:24 PM |
Young Gene Kelly was fucking hot.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | February 22, 2022 8:28 PM |
R173 = Original thought.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | February 22, 2022 8:31 PM |
R174 = someone else's fart.
On public transit.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | February 22, 2022 8:44 PM |
Dick Van Dyke
by Anonymous | reply 176 | February 22, 2022 8:49 PM |
Tony Danza
by Anonymous | reply 177 | February 22, 2022 8:50 PM |
Tony Yazbeck
by Anonymous | reply 178 | February 22, 2022 8:53 PM |
Corey Cott
by Anonymous | reply 179 | February 22, 2022 8:57 PM |
I wish GK had been in Sunset Blvd. Imagine how hot he would be as cynical Joe
by Anonymous | reply 180 | February 22, 2022 9:12 PM |
He'd have been hot in anything, R180.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | April 16, 2022 12:40 AM |
ok don’t come for me but Jamie Vardy looks a bit like Gene??
by Anonymous | reply 182 | April 16, 2022 1:04 AM |
Darren Criss. Like him or not, he is talented and could pull this off.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | April 16, 2022 1:09 AM |
The comeback opportunity for Will Smith.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | April 16, 2022 3:00 AM |
I look like Gene and can tap, sing, and act.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | April 16, 2022 3:00 AM |
Maybe someone from "Dancing With the Stars."
by Anonymous | reply 187 | April 16, 2022 4:06 AM |
The guy in R186 is talented but he's all wrong for Kelly.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | April 16, 2022 4:10 AM |
Jean Dujardin could play an older Gene, no idea if he can dance though.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | April 16, 2022 4:18 AM |
Zac Efron
He can sing and has been in a few musicals. He'll have to learn to dance like Natalie Portman did in Black Swan.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | April 16, 2022 4:27 AM |
Channing Tatum
by Anonymous | reply 191 | April 16, 2022 4:32 AM |
The guy who recreated Gene Kelly's role in Moses Supposes (linked upthread) is getting some work.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | April 16, 2022 4:32 AM |
Ewww, no, R191. Ewww.
by Anonymous | reply 193 | April 16, 2022 4:33 AM |
R193 see Hail, Caeser
by Anonymous | reply 194 | April 16, 2022 4:38 AM |
Kai Widdrington is a dancer with the same stocky physique and similar rugged good looks.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | April 16, 2022 5:06 AM |
Finn Wittrock.
by Anonymous | reply 196 | April 16, 2022 5:39 AM |
No Brits!
by Anonymous | reply 197 | April 16, 2022 8:46 AM |
How about an Irish, R197?
by Anonymous | reply 198 | April 16, 2022 1:37 PM |
Kate McKinnon
by Anonymous | reply 199 | April 16, 2022 2:02 PM |
Part of the problem with biopics these days is that we've moved so far away from the time these legends were living that there just isn't anyone similar to them anymore. The culture and society has changed too much. The best we can do is a moderately decent imitation, and that goes for things as recent as the 1970s and 1980s. I'm thinking of Battle of the Sexes, where enough people should be alive who actually saw the 1973 event to make it convincing, yet they still couldn't quite do it. Elton John was involved in his own biopic and yet it still wasn't convincing in either tone or aesthetic.
Trying to capture the essence of someone from the 1940s is just not going to happen.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | April 16, 2022 2:26 PM |
[quote]One thing that made Gene Kelly so wonderful is how effortless he made his dancing look.
Oh, I very much disagree. Kelly wanted you to know how much work he was putting into his dancing. Just look at the clip posted earlier with Kelly and Astaire together, Astaire was trying to make it look effortless, Kelly wanted you to see his accomplishments and see that it was hard work, so you'd be impressed, and also so you'd know that YOU'D never be able to do anything like it.
As for the gay rumors, Arthur Laurents said in his memoir that he didn't think Kelly was gay, but Kelly would try too hard to make sure people didn't think he was gay sometimes, and that made Laurents wonder if maybe he was.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | April 16, 2022 2:29 PM |
Find an unknown look-alike that can dance decently.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | April 16, 2022 2:34 PM |
He was too hot not to be gay.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | April 16, 2022 2:36 PM |
I think it's going to be hard to find someone who can do this.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | April 18, 2022 11:43 PM |
I like Jonathan Rhys Meyers for the role.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | April 19, 2022 1:43 AM |
No interest in seeing a biography of Gene Kelly or Kelly Martin for the matter
by Anonymous | reply 206 | April 19, 2022 3:02 AM |
Ethan Peck (Gregory's grandson and Spock from the Discovery series) looks quite a bit like him--I have no idea if he could sing or dance.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | April 19, 2022 3:37 AM |
Someone with teeny tiny feet
by Anonymous | reply 208 | April 19, 2022 3:37 AM |
Santino Fontana or the guy who replaced him later in Crazy Ex-girlfriend.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | April 19, 2022 5:57 AM |
Laverne Cox
Josh O’Connor
Viola Davis as Michelle Obama as Gene Kelly
Sean Hayes
Jamie Foxx
Chrissy Metz
by Anonymous | reply 210 | April 19, 2022 6:13 AM |
Will Smith
by Anonymous | reply 211 | April 19, 2022 6:41 AM |
Ryan Gosling or Jake Gyllenhaal.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | July 16, 2022 11:28 PM |