Rent's due, at last.WHEN OUT ACTOR Anthony Rapp heard that director Chris Columbus was finally bringing Rent to the big screen, he didn't sit by the phone waiting for an offer to reprise re·prise n. 1. Music a. A repetition of a phrase or verse. b. A return to an original theme. 2. A recurrence or resumption of an action. tr.v. his Broadway role as aspiring filmmaker Mark Cohen For the fictional character, see . For the Pennsylvania legislative leader, see . For the Irish cricketer, see . For the comedian, see . Mark R. Cohen (born 1943) is a Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. : He was well aware that when shows become movies--like, say, Chicago---the stage actors are often replaced by more bankable bank·a·ble adj. 1. Acceptable to or at a bank: bankable funds. 2. Guaranteed to bring profit: a bankable movie star. movie stars. "I had done Adventures in Babysitting with Chris years ago, says Rapp, currently starring in the tour of Little Shop of Horrors, "but I didn't imagine it would work out the way it worked out." Not only is Rapp getting to reprise his role but most of his original costars--including Taye Diggs, Adam Pascal Adam Pascal (born October 25 1970) is an American actor and singer, best known for his Tony-nominated performance as Roger Davis in the original cast of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent on Broadway. , and Idina Menzel--are in talks to come back as well. "I went on the Internet and saw that some people feel like we're too old for the parts, but I like to think that people in their early '30s are still young," says Rapp, 33. Hey, it worked for Grease. |
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