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In order to do it "musical justice" they'd have to either hire voice-over singers, which would be horrible, or use actual broadway/opera singers as the main characters, which would also be horrible from a profit perspective.
Seriously, would you be more inclined go to see Sweeney Todd if the main characters were broadway actors, or Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter!? And it's TIM BURTON, for goodness' sake! He is one dark motherfucker. Do you honestly think he'd even WANT to stay close to Sondheim's adaptation of the story!?
If this were just another run-of-the-mill Broadway-to-Screen movie it would probably flop. Burton is bringing something to the movie that cannot be expressed on the stage and giving it his own dark twist, and I think this will make the movie a huge success. I'm totally going to see it opening day!
And I'm in love with Johnny Depp. Duh.
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