GREATEST SHOWMAN Publicity&Promotion (Media Tour Interviews)

[jo]

Please click on "ZendayaMedia" to get to original upload...and the video will play there



This one features Gary Oldman... but Hugh shares a secret role he played and sang parts of it

[mamaleh]

Saw this Norton episode last night on BBC America. But Norton is always edited to make room for commercials. Bleh! Cute “Maria” story by Hugh. I’m glad the full episode is available online.

Ellen

[jo]

The full video --

This was filmed before Christmas

[jo]

Michael Gracey was interviewed by a Spanish newspaper.

www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/cine/el-gran-showman-la-nueva-pelicula-de-hugh-jackman-que-robara-el-corazon-muchos-articulo-731223

Here is the Google translation of the interview --

"The Great Showman", the new movie by Hugh Jackman that will steal the heart of many.


The great showman 'is the new musical film directed by director Michael Gracey, with songs by Oscar winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (' la la land ').

The film is played by the Oscar nominee, Hugh Jackman, who is joined in the cast by Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, also nominated for an Oscar, Zendaya and Rebecca Ferguson.


The director, Gracey, comments that the making of this film "It was a dream come true" and that "Hugh Jackman gave me the script". He also stressed that "The scenes with songs are incredibly powerful."


How has it been the experience of working with big stars like Hugh Jackman or Michelle Williams?

I was completely spoiled this first time by having this cast. It was a dream come true. I was very spoiled and I do not know if in my next movie I'm going to have a cast like this. When you do a musical you rely so much on people who repeat over and over again that you take them with the same level of energy and they give 150% each time. Hugh Jackman is the great showman, he is the one who sets the tone of the whole set. In this sense I was very lucky.


The great showman shows a very kind image of Mr. Barnum. Where is the border between love for the different and love for money?

I think the reality is that when it started, it was about his love for money. I think he took these people who were different, unique and exceptional and all that and he brings them all together because people are curious and would pay money to see them. I think that over time the truth is that he finally let these people be loved for the first time because when he put them together he created a family, but I do not think he did it intentionally. I think that over time he learned the value of what that meant. What he did for them and at the time he went bankrupt was the dwarf Tom Thumb who gave him money to rebuild the circus. In the movie is Phillip Caryle.


What was inspired for this movie?
It's interesting, Hugh Jackman gave me the script. When I read it the only thing I had for sure was that I wanted to create an original musical. They told me to take songs that already existed and create more like Moulin Rouge but I felt it was important that we create something original and fortunately we found Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who wrote the music. Your whole movie lives and dies in how good the songs are. Despite what people think, for me the music of the film is indisputable.


What is your favorite part or scene of the movie?

It's a big question ... the scenes with songs are incredibly powerful. Possibly my favorite song is "from now on" when Barnum is at the bar and promises that things will be different. I think it's an incredibly powerful moment and that Hugh's performance is exceptional.

[/b]I also love "Rewrite the stars" with Zac and Zendaya because it's a great love song and they played it really well and "this is me" by Keala Settle, who gives life to the bearded woman, it's a very powerful moment.


The words of Michael Gracey about this musical make us see how beautiful it is, the work that lies behind and the involvement of the actors. What makes it worthwhile to go see it.

[/quote]

[jo]

Hugh is game for anything, including singing snatches of a song in my native Filipino/Tagalog language ( he is interviewed by a local media correspondent) --

Please click on the name of the uploader to get the video to play --

What did he sing --

"Here am I..
Falling for you "




PS: It sounds like he sang more than two lines because the correspondent said it was an "excerpt". I wonder if I have to pay attention to the local TV station for which she hosts to get that fuller version.

Jo

[jo]

Actually an article on Hugh and Deb, but there is mention of how 2016-2017 fared for Hugh, career-wise --

www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/hugh-jackman-has-the-sweetest-way-of-secretly-acknowledging-his-wife-on-stage-when-he-wins-an-award-36484125.html

But though Deborra-Lee is the dreamer in their relationship, Hugh admits he is "living" in a dream because things have turned out so well for him.


He told Britain's HELLO! magazine: "It's a really exciting time. My last two films have been very personal.
"They've taken up many years of my life. I also formed part of the production teams for them, which could not be more different.


"So I go from 'Logan', which is a very serious study in pain, loss, and the consequences of violence, to 'The Greatest Showman', which is cheerful, upbeat, unabashedly generous, inspiring feel-good and bright, and is made to bring a smile to your face, with all that singing and dancing.

"It's a dream, a dream Hugh Jackman is living."

Maybe the equal of a million dreams!


Jo

[jo]

A preview of some stuff from the new ELLEN show Hugh Jackman appearance --

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5269631/Hugh-Jackman-says-wife-sleeps-movies.html


Best scoop --

Strong showing: Jackman said he was grateful that The Greatest Showman has a top-selling soundtrack, and said he'd be open to performing in a live show based on the film

[jo]

This is a reprint about a review from the XINHUA news agency ( largest in China) which was quoted under another media outlet ( Official Reviews - TGS) ;

But it seems it is really intended to heighten interest when it opens in China on February 1.

www.globaltimes.cn/content/1084970.shtml

[jo]

Too bad this particular clip did not show the audience reception when Hugh entered the room. It was very, very enthusiastic!

[jo]

Sorry, but calling it "cheesy, but with a heart" is the not the right description for this movie. Maybe some people think it is not "cool" (as Owen Gleiberman wrote in Variety) but what makes people happy and joyous does not deserve to be faulted. Why can't intellectually-stimulating ( such as how he worked out what would work best given the culture at that time...and how marketing was developed centuries ago) be at the same time totally crowd-pleasing and resonant? If at all, there are many instances where the fast-paced plot would indicate cultural developments and changes as well as a comment on the social milieu then...and together with the smart dialog ( my favorite one is when he says " deep in the China sea" that were likely missed...and some sense of humor (" Marie Antoniette with a sore throat" while exhibiting how a guillotine works in the museum). And the serious messages that resonate with a lot of people could not be missed. What is cheesy about that when we are seeing a mirror of history and current events

And that is not including the music itself -- I wonder if he examined the lyrics deeply because part of the story development were contained in those lyrics themselves!

Jo

[jo]

[jo]

Not sure if this has already been posted --

[jo]

[jo]

With IMDB -- Hugh traces the real beginning of the realization of the film project --

www.imdb.com/list/ls025720609/videoplayer/vi3835344921?ref_=tt_vd_tgs_i_1

[jo]

I missed this one -- a Filipino media reporter interviews Keala and Michael G.



towards the end -- it is like a tribute to the Showman actor himself


But this movie must have done so much for them both,

Keala -- for getting to believe in herself fully and be very proud of it!

Michael -- how many newbie directors of a movie musical can boast of a similar reaction to one's maiden filmmaking effort?