Barnum, is abigmovie musical.
There are acrobats and elephants and lions and Michelle Williams twirling amidst her laundry.
Rewrite the Stars was incredibly challenging, says Gracey, a commercial director making his feature film debut.
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Youd have this beautiful shot of Zendaya flying around Zac and Zacs in the foreground and its just perfect.
Its things like that youre like, Ughhh!
One ofShowmans other highlights is the solo by Jenny Lind (Rebecca Ferguson).
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These women their voices are just belters and it almost becomes like an aria.
That felt more in keeping with the sort of the approach to all the other songs.
So, with that we sort of went between what would be operatic and pop.
Watching the film, its easy to imagineShowmanbeing adapted for the stage and Gracey admits there have been conversations.
Instead of CG animals, you could do puppets likeWar HorseorThe Lion King.
I think thats an incredibly appealing idea.
And it was amazing having one of them be a filmmaker.
Im a big believer in that in terms of process.
It was fantastic actually.
The Greatest Showmanis in theaters now.
