MEN sick of films like Legally Blonde and The Devil Wears Prada being turned into West End musicals are demanding musicals of their films, like Die Hard or Taken.
Male movie fans cannot believe that producers are leaving money on the table by not turning GoodFellas into the singing, dancing extravaganza it was always meant to be.
Nathan Muir said: “Come on, Henry Hill high-kicking off his doorstep into a synchronised suburban performance of ‘I Gotta Spend The Rest of my Life Like a Schnook’? Groups of guys would go to see that again and again.
“Liam Neeson’s ‘I have a very particular set of skills’ monologue is built to be a blazing first-act solo number and a melancholic second-act reprise with single spotlight and lone violin.
“The possibilities are endless. The Christmas-themed closer ‘Yippie Yippie Yippie Ki Yay, Motherf**ker’ for Die Hard? Gruff ensemble number ‘No, We Ain’t Got Time To Bleed’ for Predator? Riggs and Murtaugh singing ‘We’re Getting Too Old For This Shit’ as they gaze into each others’ eyes?
“We would drag our wives along to a three-and-a-half hour musical re-imagining of The Shawshank Redemption just as revenge for Mamma Mia. And we would weep throughout then buy hoodies.”
West End producer Julian Cook said: “Mmm no. We tried taking a musical of Braveheart around the regions. It was just too f**king camp.”
