Andrew Garfield Spent A Year Learning To Sing

Difficult to say. He sounds quite pitchy. Then the real singer steps in to fill it all over.

Oh, please. He is a graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama. He's had more vocal instruction than any of you here can imagine. And that is before studying with a coach to get ready for this movie.

He's 38 years old and already been a professional actor for a long time. If singing was his strong suit, we would already know. He is what they call in the business and actor who sings, not a singer who acts.

[quote] He's had more vocal instruction than any of you here can imagine

Then explain why Rex Harrison couldn't sing

He seems to do alot of shouting. Maybe I'm in the minority but I hated RENT. And I've seen several versions including the original.

Vocal instruction includes speech, R3. You know, for Shakespeare. And it is closely related to singing. Vocal training only makes the most of a person's capabilities. It does not create a singing voice where there isn't one.

[quote] It does not create a singing voice where there isn't one.

So argument could be made that Andrew Garfield didn't have a singing voice, yet worked hard in a year to create one,

Did Jonathan Larson have a "singing voice"?

Its pretty obvious he doesn't have one if he needs backup singer 30 seconds into the song.

[quote] Did Jonathan Larson have a "singing voice"?

Judge for yourself

They're both terrible. So Andrew is accurate.

He's playing a composer, not a Broadway belter. He's fantastic in the role. Rex Harrison, a non-singer, won an Oscar for My Fair Lady, and Andrew Garfield will win for Tick Tick Boom.

He could play young Lindsey Buckingham with that hair.

No worse than squeak voice snitch Anthony Rapp.

Sounds a bit flat.

But that’s a horrible song with notes that would strain anyone.

Gratingly straight tone. If it took him a year to learn that vocal technique, he should demand his money back. It's not a good technique.

And his hair cut sucks, too. The hair and the mugging he's doing in that song reminds me waaaaay too much of Larry Fine.

Saw him recently on James Corden show along with Jamie Dornan. They said they were roommates in Hollywood along with Eddie Redmayne when they first arrived there looking for acting jobs. Andrew was all over Jamie like they were lovers.

He was very charming in the part and pulled off the singing (not so much the dancing) but the film overall was kind of a mess. The second half really dragged, the romantic subplot just wasn’t compelling, and there was random unnecessary CGI. I went into this ill-informed and thought the plot would be about the writing of RENT and his death.

Was Jonathan gay?

[quote] Was Jonathan gay?

NO

There are surprisingly few DL threads about Jonathan / Rent. Did anyone know him or the early cast?

He needs to play the bittersweet life of Anthony Perkins.

He’s never looked like a hunk to me before this part. The wardrobe/hair suited him.

Are they still trying to make him happen?

R11 he ain't winning! No how, no way!

I don't like the music. He developed his voice I guess, not sure if he can bring some meaning to a song. If you can do that you're a singer.

Made it five minutes, turned it off the minute I saw the insufferable Rapp. He just reeks Wanker.