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Seungri was supposed to be the lead in ‘Mozart’?

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Written by On February 11, 2011

About a year ago, JYJ‘s Junsu made headlines with his stage debut in the musical “Mozart.” Junsu’s addition to the cast is said to have boosted ticket sales by 4 billion won ($3.5 million). As a result of “Mozart”‘s success, Junsu is gaining greater attention as a musical actor, with his recent performance in his latest musical, “Tears of Heaven.”

Big Bang‘s Seungri spoke up about his involvement in “Mozart” through a miniblog known as YOZM. According to Seungri, the director of “Mozart” had first approached Seungri for the lead role. However, after looking at the musical’s score, Seungri turned down the part.

“If it had been me, I don’t think ‘Mozart’ would have existed,” remarked Seungri. “I feel a bit hurt that ‘Mozart’ became a big hit without me, but I know that if I had taken the role, the show wouldn’t have attracted the attention that it did with Junsu as the lead.”

The lead role of Mozart was originally offered to ballad singer Jo Sung-mo, but due to his leg injury, he turned down the part.

It’s probably unfair to say that Seungri would have definitely been an inferior Mozart had he accepted the part, since both Seungri and Junsu were equally lacking in acting experience when they were approached for the role. Nonetheless, I can’t see Seungri’s Mozart achieving the same performance caliber as that of Junsu, for one reason: Junsu’s acting still leaves a lot to be desired, but his singing skill practically defined his performance merit on the musical stage. Plainly put, I don’t believe Seungri has the vocal talent to do the same – and without it, I’m not sure if he could have done the role justice. However, I do have to hand him props for having the humility to compliment Junsu’s performance – even despite the fact that, as a currently active K-pop star (during this period of the HoMin K-pop takeover, no less), his shout-out to JYJ is bound to unleash controversy.

(newsen)

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  • samantha

    of curs seungri is totally inferior to junsu. This is stage lol. No one can beat junsu when he is standing on that stage.

    lol never in a million years would i compare junsu to seungri.

    no offense to seungri but no one will pay attention to him if he is not a bigbang member.

    enough said lol

  • tvxqfangirl85

    As a Cassie I don’t think there will be much of a controversy. Mainly because all long time Cassies and VIPs know that Seungri is the biggest, most vocal Junsu-biased fanboy. He even got Junsu to call him while he was on a radio station. However,I feel bad for him since Junsu is actually closer to Taeyang, not him.

    Seungri fighting!!!
    Junsu fighting!!!

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  • reimin

    Seungri can definitely do well. he’s so humble.

    • MBLAQ

      No he knows he sucks ass at singing and dancing, its not because he’s humble

  • Daydream

    i am surprised that they actually approached him before they cast Junsu, i mean, like you said, Seungri does not have the vocal talent to carry a major role in a musical like “Mozart”. if they wanted someone from bigbang, i would’ve thought Daesung would be a better choice. well, i am just glad that things turned out the way it did.

    • Daydream

      one more thing, voices aside, i think Junsu can convey emotions through music way better than Seungri can ever hope to, just saying.

    • xoxo

      Actually, Junsu was supposed to be the original star of Mozart. According to the producers of the musical, Junsu was approached first but SM turned it down, after which was jo sungmo and then seungri, and then it went back to Junsu again, and that was after the court announced that JYJ was allowed to continue their activities. So…. i guess Seungri was misinformed somewhere…

  • lee

    LOL!!
    no offense to seungri and his huge ego, but he was technically the SECOND alternate/back-up…AFTER jo sungmo. he was probably just misinformed somewhere along the line about this.
    but because he’s a HUGE junsu fanboy, i’ll be nice and not say anything more :P

    • neo

      This seriously makes more sense. I just don’t see how it would go from Seungri to Jo Sung-mo and Junsu. It should be the other way around

  • tvxq!

    i have nothing against seung ri. but vocal wise, definitely junsu. there’s no way seung ri was approached before junsu or jo sungmo. both are excellent singers.

    • hapacalgirl

      Actually considering the contract dispute that is going on with Junsu it is possible that they asked Seungri first because for awhile there I think everyone in Korea not just broadcast stations were hesitant with doing stuff with the boys until some of the disputes were settled. I am glad that Junsu got the role though since his voice is amazing.

      • hapacalgirl

        But I do agree that they probably tried to get Jo Sungmo before Seungri. Who knows all that matters is that Junsu got the role in the end.

  • c

    I didn’t even read the article(sorry), but based on the title alone: Oh h**l naw! -that’s if it was supposed to be him instead of Junsu.

    but if it’s that they’re doing another round of the musical with him then on a more positive note: good luck!