Meat Loaf trivia
 

Don't know if this was ever posted - can't find anything like this on the forum...

Is it true that Meat Loaf was offered the title role in "Phantom Of The Opera" but turned it down?

Thanks!

Yes, it is true. He told of this in one of his interviews. He turned it down because he didn't like the music of Phantom.

wow, didnt know that.
Even more interesting as Jim turned down writing the lyrics.

Good job too, as it was utter cr**. :D

Didn't go see it on Broadway out of principal (don't ask)...but movie was ok...no?

No, I am talking about the movie. I believe the show was excellent, but the movie was dire, and got bad press also.:D

OK...hang on...so was he offered a part at the theater or in the movie???

That part wasn't specified where I found it (IMDB)...

I love musicals...I will drool over the crapiest musicals possible...

He was offered the Broadway show; that is what he mentioned in the interview.

Then I don't understand a comment above about good thing and cr*p...

I suspect he meant it was a good thing Meat decided not to do Phantom as he didn't like it; thinking it was the movie he meant. I may be very wrong, but he might have considered the movie, where it would have been a one-shot deal on the music; but doing something you don't like every night made his refusal come easy, I imagine.

Maybe I am wrong but I am not sure his voice is right for this part???

I don't remember if Meat said in the interview if he was offered the premier of the Broadway show, or to come on after Michael Crawford. If he had been offered the premier, he could have created the role to fit himself. I could just imagine what that would have been like, with Meat's acting skills with the music. Out of sight, it would have been.

And I just can't imagine him in that role...sorry...:(

didnt like the movie, it had just too much of everything, and the focus could have been much more on the phantom and not on christine.
Bought the recording when it was on special offer and still didnt come to listen to it.

Something great on the other hand is the few recordings of Steve Barton doing MOTN and POTO.

Yes he was offered the role of the Phantom but he turned it down because it was 'boring', he apparently took some friends to see it and they fell asleep so based on that he deemed it as boring and turned it down.

HUH? ML playing the role of the Phantom.....You mean to tell me the film version which Gerard Butler did? I love this film and I think GB did a great role, loved it all, but can't see ml doing the part sorry but that's the truth.

I agree with zina i don't think it would've suited him. Maybe before Bat 1 but the battering that his voice took on that tour meant that any chance of a taking part in a show that runs every night for 4 or 5 months would kill the voice altogether

Opps me bad.... I thought you were talking the film but I agree maybe in his younger days but not now.

Let me then elaborate some more...I just can't see Phantom living somewhere in the cellar of the theater...or being able to climg supports of such...being ummm...let's just say...a bit overweight...don't know...maybe it's just my mental perception of the Phantom based on the old and new movies...

I honestly thought it was the film role that Meat turned down, not the stage role, because I seen this article a few year back in a tabloid newspaper if my memory serves me well, about it being offered to Meat, but he had not give an answer at that point of time. :D

wasnt the film role offered first to Antonio Banderaz?(sp?)

You are correct, but so was Meat.

http://www.notstarring.com/movies/phantom-of-the-opera


Meat, Antonio, plus others are mentioned here.

OK...they are quoting IMDB as a source for ML being offered this part where I got this piece of trivia anyway. Unfortunately, on IMDB biographies, trivia, etc. are updated by members...not really by experts...

But I do see Antonio as a lead in Phantom...I've seen him live on Broadway and he is truly magnificent...even more so than on a silver screen...classically trained actor forever pegged as Zorro because of his accent...not much of a surprise...

I did read in a tabloid about Meat being offered the movie role, never the stage role. Maybe best off askin the man himself, but I am pretty sure it's the movie role he was offered. I don't see a section where members can edit mini-bio's, I thought this was done by IMDB's selected people. :D

This is slightly off topic here, but I seem to remember an interview on The Big Breakfast (many moons ago) where Meat said for the Hunchback Of Notre Dam movie he was providing the voice of the hunchback. Never ever heard anymore about it though. Anyone know what the story was with that?

the disney cartoon one?


I coudlnt imagine ML as the phantom, this wouldnt work at all IMO. Though he would've done the soundtrack then as well, and MOTN would surely sound....interesting.

Yeah, I think he was talking about the Disney version.

Tom Hulce did Quasimodo in Disney's version

He was. Meat appeared "On The Bed" with Paula Yates on The Big Breakfast when he was promoting Objects and said that he was to be the voice of the animated Hunchback...didn't happen!

Yeah that's what I thought, thanks. Was just wondering if anyone knew why it fell through? I know it's not important really but I just remembered about it and I'm curious now!

Even more slightly off-topic is that when this was turned into a stage musical, Patti played Esmerelda :-)

Yeah he also said in that he would have an 'interesting part in Batman 3' which would've been Batman Forever...no such luck though

he also said he wouldn't put a hell in the title unless it was... nah never mind lol

but i'd never do a Bat album without Jim Steinman, not now, no way

Oh i would do anything for love but I won't do that

sooner or later youll be.....ah we know how it went on

lol

yes we do