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Hiring Dancer instead of Actor to play the lead. Good or bad move?


What you all think. Kevin Bacon had very little dancing skill but is an excellent actor. Kenny Wormald is an awesome dancer but has little acting skill. Is it more important to have Ren be a great dancer or a great actor?

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Wasn't John Travolta a professional dancer turned actor?

Depends on the talent of the dancer, I suppose.




It`s far easier to start a war than to end one.

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It's best to have both. That's the way it was back then

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I love the original and was cynical about the remake but ended up watching and love it. I think the way they did this version it doesn't matter that he is not a great actor. The way they did the original acting mattered a lot more. Although that could also just be a case of there being better actors in the original.

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