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 of the film.

An Open Letter to Antonio Banderas

  The actor acknowledges that a strong rear guard action has been fought by fans of Michael Crawford who made the Phantom his own on stage, but seems to take the attitude of all is fair in love and war.....
"With this film we are not trying to draw in people who really love the theatre and go to the movie to see what they saw on stage. That would be wrong," he says. "We are creating a completely different concept, looking at it from a completely different point of view. It will be a new creation with even new music. A lot of the music you have heard in the theatre version is being cut out." 
Antonio Banderas, The Daily Express - April 11, 2001

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Quotes from Antonio Banderas

Straight from an Antonio Banderas Fan......

An Open Letter to Antonio Banderas
from Marina Redford

"The Bomb Squad"
New York Post 03/25/01
"As for Banderas, the "Spy Kids" star can no longer
fall back on his Latin-lover image. When he's billed
as the top star, audiences stay away."

Entertainment Weekly "Hit and Miscasting" 3/17/00

Entertainment Weekly "Loser of the Week" 2/4/00

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