Broadway.com Reporting Jeremy Jordan to star in LAST FIVE YEARS film

[ggersten]

I'm curious how Ms. Kendrick will look as a blonde - not that a shiksa goddess has to be blonde - but it does help - and it couldn't hoit.

[Michael Bennett]

Yeah but I mean one of his big songs is "Shiska Goddess," Jordan....that's not exactly Anna Kendrick in the eyes of Jeremy Jordan....

[ggersten]

I did find this picture of Ms. Kendrick which does look more shiksa-ish...
Kendrick - Shiksa Goddess?

[best12bars]

I gotta say Jordan does nothing for me either. He looks kinda neanderthal. Great for thug roles, but not a romantic leading man, at least to me. Not even in the Clark Gable neanderthal way. More in the Mike Mazurki way.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, on the other hand ...

[Jordan Catalano]

But they're casting people who CAN SING. Count your sweet baby jesus blessings it's not Amanda Seyfried and John C. Reilly!

[Michael Bennett]

They can sing- but outside of that, I don't think they are in any other way really well suited to the roles.

[best12bars]

Jeremy Jordan in "The Last Whiny Years"

[Jordan Catalano]

It's impossible to have a grown up conversation with people poopie heads who act like children.

[best12bars]

No, YOU"RE the poopie-head!

I think your loins are doing the talking. He's not right for the part, and he poops his pants. He whines, and he looks like a thug. So there.

[barcelona20]

You can't judge him based on Smash. Judge him based on his theatre work. All of which has been stellar.

[Wynbish]

There's a difference between acting for camera and acting on stage

[barcelona20]

Which is going to be a low-budget indie flick. Regardless, he is acting as being directed. Don't blame him for the train wreck known as Smash which will be ending soon.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Let's also remember that this is the same director who gave us such cinematic gems as PS I LOVE YOU, FREEDOM WRITERS, and BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. I'll watch it because I love Kendrick and I love her even more when she sings, Jordan bores me, but regardless I don't expect much from this director if his recent work is any proof (he also wrote the screenplay for that awful movie WATER FOR ELEPHANTS).

[Gothampc]

I'm curious how they are going to film the timeframe in this show. One story goes forward, one story goes backward. Can you say awkward?

[ggersten]

Maybe they'll do it like "500 Days of Summer" with little indicia. Or maybe it will be all date stamped hand held video or computer video blogs so you can see a date. So, each song - which is basically a monologue becomes a video diary entry. "Next 10 Minutes" may not fit within that motif exactly... But it lets you get the date when things are happening on the screen and staying on the screen.

[Jordan Catalano]

They'll probably start each song with one of them reading the newspaper so we know what date it is.

[Owen22]

I don't think Jordan is that different than Norbert Leo in type. Except better looking. But Norb was VERY sexy in the role and had a nice masculine air to him that I think Jordan will also bring. I'm not a huge, huge fan of his but I think he's pretty damned talented.

And you know, I really never heard a bad word about him on the these boards until he was on "Smash". Where he's doing a fine job. But you queens SOOOOOO love to hate on the show (admittedly somewhat deservedly) it seems to taint anyone on it who isn't named Megan Hilty.

And I too am a gay man thrilled to death Anna Kendrick is in this. Even though, I agree, she seems sorta wrong for the part. But I don't like "Last Five Years" that much anyway...

[JohnyBroadway]

Why not Wesley Taylor or Matt Doyle?

[Kelly2]

Wesley Taylor and Matt Doyle? I mean, you're supposed to believe that Jamie is sexually attracted to Cathy, I think.

For what it's worth, Jordan is incredibly talented and will probably bring a lot to the role, he just wouldn't have been my first choice. :)

[ahhrealmonsters]

I'm now really curious... does anyone know if Anna Kendrick is Jewish? I know Jeremy Jordan is.

[HenryTDobson]

"Wesley Taylor and Matt Doyle? I mean, you're supposed to believe that Jamie is sexually attracted to Cathy, I think."

It's actually called acting. They would be required to ACT like they were sexually attracted to Cathy, which I'm sure they're capable. Let's not have another Sean Hayes scandal on this one...

[Kelly2]

"It's actually called acting. They would be required to ACT like they were sexually attracted to Cathy, which I'm sure they're capable. Let's not have another Sean Hayes scandal on this one..."

I've seen both of them onstage before, and yes in Matt Doyle's case playing straight, and I'm sorry I did not find it very convincing. Regardless of his sexuality, Wesley Taylor just looks wrong wrong wrong for this in my opinion.

[HenryTDobson]

They wouldn't be my first picks either, but to say that they can't act the role because they are not "straight acting enough" is just silly. Both are accomplished actors who have (convincingly) acted straight roles many times in the past.

[Kelly2]

"Both are accomplished actors who have (convincingly) acted straight roles many times in the past."

In your opinion. I have seen them act straight roles and found it about as convincing as a dog with a duck costume on. Different strokes.

[HenryTDobson]

Different strokes, indeed.

[topiflo]

Such insight all around here with these comments!