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Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2012-12-05 11:19:01

At this point I'm hoping the film happens, it can't be worse than the previous two films (especially the Bette Midler one, which only gets worse the more years go by). Lady Gaga would be a great Louise, though Natalie Portman would be my top choice.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by madbrian 2012-12-05 11:26:20

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I have no problem with Gaga as Louise, and I'd love to see Anna Kendrick as Dainty June. I'd also like to see Kevin Kline as Herbie.

Afterthought: depending on her performance in Les Miserables, Samantha Barks might make a good Louise.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Jordan Catalano 2012-12-05 11:29:00

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Will she erotically peel the flank steaks off her body during her strip tease?

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Claudia Draper 2012-12-05 11:39:25

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This is finally getting out... I said this like 6 months ago..

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by PalJoey 2012-12-05 11:46:27

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Oh, why the hell not?

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by CurtainPullDowner 2012-12-05 11:47:20

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When is this sucka spose to start filming?

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by madbrian 2012-12-05 12:30:39

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Can't wait to see who Streisand hires to play her father...

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by LYLS3637 2012-12-05 12:41:44

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I'm hoping for Dick Van Dyke!

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by CukorLover 2012-12-05 12:44:31

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I still can't see the following line work with Gaga:

"I'm a pretty girl Mama "

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by SonofMammaMiaSam 2012-12-05 12:47:41

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and somewhere in Bucks County a gaggle of gays explode in laughter.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by FANtomFollies 2012-12-05 13:02:23

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I was already scared of Streisand/Gypsy, and this worries me even more. I'm a HUGE Gaga fan, but I just don't know that she has the acting ability.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Starship 2012-12-05 13:10:54

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I could see Lady Gaga as Rose. It'd be a new, deranged, scary version of the character. But heck, Rose is kind of already a nut.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by JoeKv99 2012-12-05 13:12:42

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The Time article that little tidbit from is flat out hysterical. Barbra Streisand is more and more like a really outrageous drag queen playing Barbra Streisand.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by TalkinLoud 2012-12-05 13:56:19

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I think it makes perfect sense.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by bwayto 2012-12-05 14:47:54

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Don't know if she has the right acting chops/look. Look can sort of be fixed, but she's honestly too beautiful for Louise (that is a compliment). Louise is supposed to be sort of plain looking, and Natalie Wood pretty much had that down for the film. She really nailed that role (one of her best, I think).

**Afterthought, Lindsay Lohan, fresh off her triumph in Liz and Dick? (Trying to prevent insides from bursting from sarcastic laughter)**

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by random person 112 2012-12-05 16:18:27

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I don't know where people are coming from when they say she doesn't have the right look. I don't even think being 'attractive' really hurts Louise that much though. Her main problem is that she has no self confidence, and is dressed like a boy throughout act one, not to mention her lack of musical ability. If Benanti and Blanchard are 'ugly' enough than Gaga sure as hell is.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Caring Soul 2012-12-05 22:18:35

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This could work!

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Dollypop 2012-12-05 22:25:10

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I thought Tom Hanks was set to play Herbie.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Jane2 2012-12-05 22:32:25

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I could see gaga more as Mazeppa than Louise. Don't forget, at the end we see how really pretty Louise is.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by ljay889 2012-12-05 23:17:09

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I'm not saying that she's right for the part, but someone like Katy Perry is much better suited for the Gypsy Rose Lee transformation than Gaga.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Caring Soul 2012-12-06 00:03:09

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Maybe Babs will get hubby James to play Herbie. Would love to see them act together.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2012-12-06 00:23:43

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I heard a rumor about Mel Gibson as Herbie. Hmmmm...

As for Lady Gaga, she looks much more appropriate when out of her performance makeup. It might work. We need to see her act first, though.

Look on the bright side, at least we won't get Lea Michele.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by CurtainPullDowner 2012-12-06 01:16:01

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The Gaga or Perry (the better body for it) would be great for marketing and getting the kids in the seats.
But is Bab's Ego ready for either of them on the same screen?

Hanks would be perfection.
No rumors for the Strippers?
I'd die for Cher's Mazeppa. It's right in her vocal range.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by bk 2012-12-06 01:53:12

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It begins filming on the 12th - of Never. Never going to happen.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by ljay889 2012-12-06 02:44:28

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Cher is actually a perfect Mazeppa, lol.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Brave Sir Robin2 2012-12-06 03:49:01

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I think Barbra is still a little old for Rose, but I think in this case, the most age-appropriate choice for Louise would be Natalie Portman. I think Anna Kendrick would be a great June. Lea Michele could be a good Lousie with a sting director. Is Babs directing?

Pop stars could make cute cames as the strippers: imagine Gaga, Britney, and Katy Perry as the strippers.

And, totally random, but if it was more about making a film of "Gypsy" than a Barbra vehicle, I feel like Madonna would be a brilliant Rose.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2012-12-06 16:39:15

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But Madonna's a lousy actress. She might be ok as one of the strippers.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by NYC4Life 2012-12-06 17:57:32

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Unfortunately if Streisand is directing it, it will never happen. her projects sit for years. I do think lady gaga would be an excellent choice. Lady Gaga runs with the new york burlesque scene for YEARS. It's also not like she hasn't had any training. she did major in musical at the Tisch school at nyu before she started doing her performance art pop shows in the clubs on the lower east side.

with all that said. I won't hold my breath for Bab's to get this done.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Someone in a Tree2 2012-12-06 18:42:21

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Haven't you guys seen pictures of the real Gypsy Rose Lee? Lady Gaga absolutely has the same facial look-- a very 40's idea of beauty, a la Celeste Holme or Barbara Stanwyk-- a knowing broad with a twinkle in her eye. Gypsy should never really be a cute girl when she gets to the stripping phase-- adorable Natalie Wood has clouded people's judgment for too long.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by TheatreFan4 2012-12-06 18:42:23

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Patti, Bernadette, & Tyne as the Strippers.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by canmark 2012-12-06 20:01:15

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I think someone like Gaga is the only way for the movie to have a chance of selling enough tickets to warrant the cost of production.

I mean, teenaged boys (the staple of the movie box office) are not exactly pining away to see Barbra Streisand as Mama Rose in a movie based on a 1959 Broadway musical. (They're probably not pining away to see Gaga as Gypsy Rose Lee, either. Only the gays want to see that.)

Outside of theatre queens and Streisand fans, who exactly wants to see this movie? Gypsy has already been made into a movie (1962), a made-for-TV movie (Bette Midler, 1993), and been on Broadway three times since 1989 (Tyne Daley, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone).

Gaga seems like a ploy to build excitement and get financing. But the whole idea sounds questionable.

Christina, Pink and L'il Kim as the strippers (a la Lady Marmalade from Moulin Rouge).

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by bobs3 2012-12-06 20:33:28

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"It begins filming on the 12th - of Never. Never going to happen."

I agree. This film will quietly be put in turnaround and will never be heard of again. I love how they are now using the term "rights issues".

Mary Tyler Moore had a sitcom in the early 1990s that CBS put on "hiatus" after only a few episodes. It never returned. As one CBS exec at the time put it, "You don't cancel Mary Tyler Moore."

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Nettik 2012-12-07 14:50:51

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I think it would be fantastic casting.

It makes a lot more sense than Carrie Underwood as Maria, anyway.

Barbra Streisand Considering Casting Lady Gaga in GYPSY Film!
Posted by Scarywarhol 2012-12-07 16:47:29

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Is Mickey Rooney young enough to be believable as Barbra's father, or are they going to have to get the Cryptkeeper?