Rosario
Dawson Set To Star In Rent
empireonline
November 8, 2004
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...the story that really caught our
beady eye was news that Rosario Dawson is in talks to appear in Chris
Columbus’ big-screen version of the hit musical, Rent. Dawson will play
Mimi Marquez, one of a group of bohemians struggling to survive in the face of
poverty and disease in ‘80s New York in the musical, which is parodied
mercilessly in Team America: World Police (“Everyone has AIDS! AIDS!
AIDS!”).
If she signs on the line that is dotted, Dawson will take her place alongside a
bunch of cast members from the original Broadway production, including Taye
Diggs, another African-American actor who’s been knocking on the door of movie
stardom for some while, without much success. With Dawson’s profile on the
rise, though, thanks to her roles in Alexander and Sin City, and
Diggs wowing them Stateside in the TV show Kevin Hill, perhaps this could
be the one to send them both over the top, and deservedly so. We're a little
shocked, anyway - we'd no idea that Dawson could even sing.
Filming will start soon.