[ollie]

I know this is still only a rumour but the West End is really getting on my nerves at the moment it seems every single show has to have its lead with a 'celebrity' of some kind- I know that they sell more seats etc etc but for god sake it is just getting a step to far now. I can understand if their tallented but the only reason why they are MAYBE casting him is to sell seats so that screaming fan girls will flock to the performances.

[Jessie]

I doesn't sound likely.

[DuddersMonster]

Not a chance that'll happen. Surely he's to young for starters?!

[Matthew Winn]

Who?

[searches Internet, finds comment: Rolling Stone declared him the "poster boy for tweenyboppers"]

Oh dear.

[Viceroy]

Who?

[searches Internet, finds comment: Rolling Stone declared him the "poster boy for tweenyboppers"]

Oh dear.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought "Who?".

Clearly I'm not the target market for this show!

[Jessie]

Not a chance that'll happen. Surely he's to young for starters?!

Yeah, but they'd be aiming for the younger people...but the thought of him in a loincloth...*shudders*
& I'm probably on the higher end of their target audience!

[DuddersMonster]

Whatever he looks like in shorts I doubt he will be in Joseph, I read somewhere that he was demanding insane money (I think it was $10 million) to do HSM4 so I doubt he would be interested in the money the West End can offer.

[Weez]

Not necessarily. If I were him, I'd be dying to break away from the HSM franchise by now, so he's just putting a price on his soul. If they say "$10million? No way!" then he's free. If they say "$10million? ... okay!" then he's stuck with it, but at least he is HANDSOMELY rewarded. After all, rumours have been flying since HSM2 was new that he doesn't want to go back to it.

Also, I suspect that if there were an HSM4, it would focus on a new generation of characters. Seeing as HSM3 is all about graduation and also made a point of casting some brightest-and-best young uns, that's not an unreasonable guess. So it could just be a lie that he's even been asked about HSM4. Or a lie that HSM4 will ever exist.

I suspect that, for now, he has enough money in his bank balance to keep him going for a bit. So if there's something he truly wants to do (like, say, theatre), even though it would mean a massive paycut, it's hardly going to destroy him to take a few months out to do so. And I guarantee a bazillion preteen/teenage girls would flock to see him in the West End.

But then, *rumour* had Scarlett Johanssen wanting to play Maria, and *rumour* had her utimately declining because of the wages, so who knows?

[Misplaced]

Also, I suspect that if there were an HSM4, it would focus on a new generation of characters. Seeing as HSM3 is all about graduation and also made a point of casting some brightest-and-best young uns, that's not an unreasonable guess. So it could just be a lie that he's even been asked about HSM4. Or a lie that HSM4 will ever exist.

I had no idea HSM was up to its fourth installment. I'm ever-so-slightly horrified by that. It's like "Beverly Hills 90210: The Musical" come to life...