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Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon
I always picured the Phantom in his late 50's early 60's.
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I think if they had gone with a much older actor than they did, audiences would have had a hard time understanding why teenaged Christine was so torn between Erik and Raoul.
Patrick Wilson versus Gerard Butler would be a difficult choice for a 16 year old girl.
Patrick Wilson versus someone as old as Michael Douglas... not so much.
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Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon
If you want a Phantom story that will make you cry for days, read 'Phantom' by Susan Kay. She wrote it a year after the debut of the musical. It tells Erik's entire life story from when he was born to the time he becomes the Phantom. Absolutely heartwrenching.
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Read it, loved it, bought the t-shirt.
It's an excellent book... very compelling and heartbreaking. Dare I say it succeeds in places where even LeRoux's original did not?
Frederick Forsyth's 'The Phantom Of Manhattan,' on the other hand, was a major letdown. I didn't like that thing one bit.
