THE WHAT IFS OF LIFE
while a colleague and i were having our massage near our place in pasig (we're soooooo stressed out), i suddenly had an epiphany (and it was such a weird thought that i concluded that hunky actors and massages ko hand-in-hand in my world):
antonio banderas would have been an interesting choice for the role of phantom in Phantom of the Opera the movie. i read somewhere that antonio banderas was the first choice but somebody killed the idea because the actor was old. like huuuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! phantom was supposed to be really old, waaay older than christine. i read in in one book (one of the the many versions of the french story) that the phantom is supposed to be in his 40s while christine is only 18.
to get back to the topic gerard butler's voice in the movie phantom was like fingernails scratching the blackboard. but he redeemed himself with this uber yummy movie, 300.
gerard butler was cool in this movie, hands down.
anyway, i'm talking about antonio banderas and the phantom.
banderas would have been an interesting choice for phantom and i wish sarah brightman would slim down since her singing or breathing can be affected by her weight, as shown by the youtube video above. you know some people already have difficulty hitting the high notes with the added pounds. like me. hehehe.
another interesting thought that entered my head while the masahista was kneading my knotted back and neck was leonardo di caprio as anakin skywalker. i read somewhere that he was considered for the role and somebody even sent me through email a mock up poster of episode II: attack of the clones. however, things did not push through but he was quoted here to have been mulling about it before.
Now the truth: Yes, he wants to star in the next Star Wars as a slightly older Anakin Skywalker. Sort of. "I've talked with George Lucas about it," he said. "But I haven't seen a script. We've just had one conversation."
Did he insist on a script because The Phantom Menace left so many disappointed? "I need to see a script of anything I'm a part of. Period," DiCaprio demurred.
i would have preferred him to play the conflicted anakin than that idiot hayden christensen who wasn't able to convey the anger and darkness that bedevilled the character, especially when he was about to transform into darth vader. i mean, hey! that was the crux of the matter, the reason for the trilogy, the reason why everyone was in deep shit come episode 4, 5 and 6.
i know that di caprio was a good actor ever since i watched him in what's eating gilbert grape when i was in highschool. that was way before he turned into a schmuck in titanic, which my friend and i watched in san pablo because we still didn't have a decent movie house in our town (that dump agrix cinema was a rat-infested hole where i first watched petrang kabayo when i was a kid).
let me see...it would be interesting to watch a harry potter movie directed by steven spielberg and they should never attempt to remove ralph fiennes in the role of voldemort -- he's perfect for it. he's perfect in any role. *drool*
add more interesting actors or directors for the past movies or movies in your mind in my comment box. let's see what you can come up with.
