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Author Existence Failure: Jonathan Larson, the guy who wrote the libretto and plot, died on the night of the final dress rehearsal.
Which actually provides the perfect illustration of the show's message that you never know when your life will be over, so you should do as much as you can all the time.
Dawson Casting: Mimi "You look like you're sixteen." "I'm nineteen, but I'm old for my age!" Marquez (though, since many of the other characters are only mid-twenties, the potential exists for them as well).
The Other Darrin: Only Mimi and Joanne are recast in place of the originals for the movie, because Daphne Reuben-Vega was pregnant at the time and obviously gained too much weight to play a junkie dancer with AIDS, and Fredi Walker felt she was too old to portray a recent law school graduate. Her one request was to keep Joanne black.
Romance on the Set: Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel; Wilson Heredia and his makeup artist from the movie. In the 2007 Australian production, Anthony Callea (Mark) and Tim Campbell (Roger).
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