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On why so many actors wanted it, he explained: “They all felt like this character had a voice that empowered women, and they talked about their sisters or their mothers. I don’t think I have ever had that much fun at a casting, other than maybe ‘ Pitch Perfect.’” “It was really surprising who was willing to put on a dress.
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It was just fascinating.” “Steven read the script that night - what faith he had in me, in all of us there - and loved it." Archive Photos / Getty Images John (Cusack) looked very much like his sister. It was really surprising how many people came in for this role and what they did. “Everybody showed up in their idea of who this woman would be.
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“Everyone came in full hair, makeup and wardrobe,” Barden explained.
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(Arquette taught Dafoe how to tuck during auditions.) Marlene Stewartīarden lists some of the famous names that auditioned for the leading role: Robert Sean Leonard, Kyle MacLachlan, John Turturro, James Spader, Viggo Mortensen, John Cusack, Matt Dillon, Alexis Arquette, Rob Lowe and Willem Dafoe. The part of Chi-Chi Rodriguez was written for John Leguizamo.
“I saw a lot of white boys in dresses,” Beane said. But the part that went uncast was the grand dame, Vida Boheme, and every actor in Hollywood wanted her. The part of Chi-Chi Rodriguez was written for the former, and filming was pushed back for the latter. John Leguizamo and Wesley Snipes were quickly cast in their roles. Matt Dillon was almost cast in the lead role. Casting director Kerry Barden confirmed this to TODAY, adding Williams went uncredited for his cameo because he didn’t want to draw too much attention from the actual leading ladies. Doubtfire, said he couldn’t play the lead because he “wasn’t pretty enough” and he “was too hairy.” But he would love to do a small part. His cold-reading, first-class performance was so hilarious, it “mesmerized” Spielberg. From “Ladies' Night” to “She’s a Lady,” Beane explained once he sold it he was sure that the title was going to be cut, but that didn’t happen.īeane explained that Williams and Spielberg - who became friends when making “Hook” - were traveling together on a flight when Williams read the script out loud to Spielberg. Lots of advertising companies tried to get Beane to change the title. I get lots of fan mail from LGBTQ teens telling me how my character helped them come out to their parents." - John Leguizamo Marlene Stewart I know Wong Foo to be God, however you perceive her to be and Julie Newmar knew this.” “It was a powerful thing. You just have to stop where you are and say thank you for everything.” A deleted-scene explained this, when during the film’s finale, Vida says, “Cynics may say that Wong Foo is a Chinese cook or something, but I know better. “God! Because you have to thank God for everything,” he said. But Beane had a more divine interpretation of who “Wong Foo” was. Rumor has it that Wong Foo, or "Fooey," was the head bartender there.
On the title, Beane said while dining at a restaurant called the China Bowl in midtown Manhattan, he saw an eight-by-ten glossy of Julie Newmar with the words of the infamous title scribbled on it.
Quickly, his road trip of three drag queens traveling across the country came to a screeching halt: How do you get a car onstage? Opting for a screenplay instead, his first ever, he wrote it in just a few weeks and the first studio to receive the script quickly responded, “Please never send us anything like this ever again.” Someone needs to get in there and just shake you up, baby, and show you a little color, dance, life and a little love.” “There was a line in it where they had these drag queens at a pride parade, asking, ‘Do you want these drag queens in your town, America?’ And I thought to myself, ‘Yes! You need these queens. “It was a born-again Christian film, and they actually showed sections of it on television,” he explained.
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It was actually an anti-gay propaganda movie called “The Gay Agenda.” "Do you want these drag queens in your town, America?" Universal But it wasn’t those shows that inspired “To Wong Foo,” nor was it the coincidentally similar film “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” that came out one year prior.