Here’s Why Lea Michele’s ‘Funny Girl’ Was Never Filmed for a Movie Version

An interesting detail about the Broadway revival of funny girlstarring replacement actress Lea Michele, was buried in a new report about Taylor Swift’s concert film.

The Hollywood Reporter made an in-depth analysis of how Taylor’s film for The tour of the ages concert is setting the stage for more concert and event films in the future.

The article made brief mention of filming live theater for the masses, including how HBO filmed a performance of David Byrne’s recent Broadway musical. American utopia.

So what happened to funny girl? And why was it never filmed? Lea expressed interest in making a movie in April, about five months before the show closed.

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In the end, THR reports that a production company “could not arouse interest in filming the Broadway presentation of the film starring Lea Michele funny girldespite the show’s record-breaking status on Broadway.”

While there are some devoted fans who were definitely interested in seeing the film, it seems that none of the film studios were interested in taking a chance on the project.

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Source: vcmp.edu.vn

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