Oh no! Julia Roberts couldn't do it; nor could Amanda Peet or Denzel Washington. And it looks like Katie Holmes' chance to do it was over before it even began. But we had such high hopes for Morgan Freeman! He was supposed to be The One, the major movie star that would take Broadway by storm with a performance hailed by critics and ticket buyers alike. Alas, it was not to be:
… if Mr. Freeman [in The Country Girl] was still unsure of his lines, it was undetectable in the performance I saw, which exuded a low-key confidence and charm. (This is not, I hasten to point out, what the part requires at all times.) And if you compare this version’s script with Odets’s published text, the deletions and discrepancies don’t change the sense of things, though the word substitutions are often bizarrely capricious. I would happily have put up with flubbed lines if real runaway feelings accompanied them.
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In theater as in film Mr. Freeman is a quietly commanding presence. When Frank auditions for Bernie, the producer (Chip Zien) and the playwright (Remy Auberjonois) in the opening scene and begins improvising, you get a flash of the wild-card artistry that makes Bernie prize him. Otherwise he seems natural, affable, occasionally irritable, but not like a man wrestling with demons.
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S'ok. We still love you Morgan
Meh. I've got zero sympathy for the film actors that flop on stage, matter o' fact I am annoyed that they take the roles from hardworking theatre people, but they’re given them because usually they get more ticket sales…it's too bad
Did you know Morgan Freeman is rarely given love interests in movies because he is not "good-looking" enough? They think people would not want to see him kiss because he is not attractive enough. That would make them lose money. WHAT? I totally want to see him kiss.
I love Morgan Freeman. He's one of the rare old school Hollywood actors left that show up turn in amazing performances and don't need to whore themselves out for media attention.
The bad Dark Knight review was one thing, but now you're just trying to shit in my coffee.
ilnazhad, that's ridiculous… if nobody minds hearing phil collins warble on about his relationships, then no one minds seeing morgan freeman kiss someone.
wasnt he a love interest in Royal Tenenbaums, or is that another guy who I get him confused with?
morgan freeman is god and the president.
he don't need no stinkin' broadway.
you guys gotta go see wanted. morgan freeman says "kill this motherfucker."
hearing morgan freeman use the word "motherfucker" was like jesus turning water into scotch.
maria is a loser!
Sar-you probably will never read this, but the love interest in Royal Tenenbaums is Danny Glover…
Morgan Freeman is a very classy guy.
Unfortunately, that may hinder him in acting. He seems to turn his characters into Morgan Freeman, much like Jack Nicholson turns HIS characters into Jack. Neither one can be nebulous like, say, Daniel Day Lewis. Maybe it's an age thing.
OH YEAH! Thanks Pixie! :) :)