Entertainment Weekly does a piece looking back on Rent’s 12 year run. Rosario is quoted in the piece.
For the film, two Broadway stars were MIA: A pregnant Rubin-Vega, who was replaced by Rosario Dawson, and Walker-Browne, whose role was played by Tracie Thoms.
Walker-Browne: I was too old. I’m sorry. I cannot front 26 on camera.
Rubin-Vega: I felt that I was kind of conspicuously uninvited to a party.
Dawson: I grew up in a squat on the Lower East Side, so I lived that lifestyle. I found out Chris was doing it, and I was like, I have to do this. I have practically zero training in theater, and I’m going to go into this audition and make a fool of myself because I know who Mimi is, and I love her, and I want her to be represented the best she can be. I went in there and sold myself so hard.
Rubin-Vega: But Rosario was — I don’t know. She belonged there.
Dawson: I didn’t talk to Daphne. That was a little bit awkward. I’m still anxious about it. Her voice and what she did with that character is iconic. I hope that at one point we’ll be able to sit down and be cool.
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Source: Entertainment Weekly.
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