I might get attacked for saying this but...this video really shows just how amazing the original cast was. Neither of these guys live up to Anthony and Adam. They both did well I guess, Neil better than the guy playing Roger. But the performance just felt kind of lackluster for me :(
I hate it when fans get upset over cast changes and automatically decide that no cast will match up to the originals That's not how musicals work, they can't keep the same cast forever. Consider the fact that this was posted 12 yrs after the play opened on broadway. Rapp and Pascal would be simply too old to play the parts. Give newer casts a chance. I think they are great, Mena's voice had a tad too much vibrato but he is still good, I personally found pascal's voice annoying, it was too nasal
Holy crap... NPH is a pretty good Mark! Sure, he isn't Anthony, but he's really, really good!
...Christian had way too much vibrato to be a rock star. A little is fine, but his voice wavered too much where it shouldn't have. But, it wasn't horrible. Still a good performance.
Is it me or was the guy playing Rodger not manly enough. I'm not saying that men have to be manly, but Rodger was really sensitive in this guys portrayal, and he isn't that kind of sensitive. if you know what i mean.
I saw this production in LA. Neil was great, but Anthony still owns the role. Christian Mena was way too contemporary musical theatre. Roger needs an edge and this guy didn't have it. I flew to NYC the next weekend and saw Norbert Leo Butz as Roger. I became an instant fan of his. I've seen Rent many times with many different casts. Nothing holds a candle to the OBC. It was magical. Perhaps it's from the closeness they achieved while workshopping with Jonathan Larson...
There are plenty of articles (just go google NPH and Rent) that prove that NPH DID indeed play this role in 1997. I can tell you that the first time I ever heard a song performed from Rent, it was on a TV talk show with NPH. And that was a long time prior to the movie, which came out in 2005.
@djarrett651 Yeah, I gotta say that I agree. It's a really good song and I think had they NOT done so many runs it would have been a lot better. Can't hate on NPH or the other guy, they have decent voices.
"Harris accepted the role of Mark Cohen for the Los Angeles production of the beloved musical, Rent (2005). His performance in "Rent" garnered him a Drama-League Award in 1997."
I know that this has already been explained by someone on this video, but, I got this off of IMDB biographies, and I just wanted to point out, how can someone get an award for a role in 1997 when they don't have the actual role until 2005? Someone should tell IMDB to fix their stuff. :)
Everyone is going on about how cool NPH is. And although he is a funny guy who can sing, he will never be Anthony Rapp. And they sound like shit compared to the original. Let's be honest here we always will compare anyone who attempts this duet to the original.
What is up with that other guy Christian? it's like he's trying to outshine NPH Bahahahaha I find it humorous that he thinks he can even attempt to live up to NPH let alone outshine him
@booboobitxch666 Christian Mena is a rock star in his own right. He has a 6 octive voice and his own band Maracujah! will melt yourr brain. He was the best Roger EVER (benny tour circa mid 90s)
@siouxbruno Anthony Rapp was the best Roger he still is the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be no one who has lived up to him yet. Excuse the cliché but I am just being honest
@siouxbruno a 6 octave range? Really? That's basically saying that he has nearly the complete range of a piano. There are 7 full octaves on a piano, and being male, and producing testosterone means generally that the really high notes, that classically trained sopranos have issues hitting would more than likely be out of his range. I'd say he's got a 4 octave range... maybe.
@whitehotfire Touché it is a very difficult song to sing... I guess I really have no right to judge I could never sing this song as well as they do...
ive never seen this before but OMG! NPH is an amazing singer! hes like the perfect actor. and as someone who loves rent like i do, i wish he had been in the original.
I knew NPH did musical theater but I had no idea he was this good. He's got an amazing voice. Despite what I'm reading here about the other guy I liked him too. Just to name drop a little..I met NPH and his partner and talked with them a bit.
He doesn't really look the part. Hiv suffers just don't have any muscle. He's excellent but still, I think the rocker/Kurt Cobain look really makes the performance more suitable.
i adore NPH, he's the best! But in my opinion i don't think his voice is really suited for Mark. In this version he's too calm and not really putting a lot of emotion in it.
NPH is a AMAZING singer he is my favorite actor I Love this song Neil Patrick Harris is awesome I Love him as Barney on How I Met Your Mother I Love you NPH
I love Neil Patrick Hais, I really do. And I think he has an amazing singing voice. But I couldn't enjoy this as much as I shoul have because I kept seeing Barney frm How I Met Your Mother, not Mark, and Barney wouldn't sing this. It's just... the suit.
I'm sorry, but I can't help preferring Anthony Rapp, I feel like he was born for the part. NPH still does a good job, though.
I also prefer Adam Pascal a thousand times better than Christian Mena. It just seems to me like he's over-doing it.
There is something a little unbelievable about NPH playing Mark.... I mean, come on, gay or straight, who would leave THAT?! Heterosexual MEN want this guy, I don't think anyone with female anatomy would (or could) walk away!
I LOVE THIS NPH did a GREAT job But something is so SPECIAL with Anthony For me its like His voice is already Aggresive yet so soft Its inexplainable but Neil whas great aswell :)
If anyone here HASN'T seen Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, I encourage you to. Because it's amazing, and I may break something important if you don't.
I agree with some of the criticisms, but this is still an amazing performance of a great song, from a spectacular musical.
Meanwhile, I'm running out of positive adjectives...
I think Mena is a better singer, but NPH just has that X factor that makes him shine. I'm not sure Mena (as good as he is) was really the best choice for Roger. He's a bit too polished and soulful to pass for an "ex-junkie Eddie Vedder/Punk Rocker".
NPH was a great Mark Cohen but I have seen numerous actors play a better Roger. My biggest issue is he is trying WAY to hard to sing the song instead of just feeling it. Not to mention, he is too clean of a singer. When Adam Pascal hits the high notes, is semi clean, he has hint of arock singer. This dude has WAY too much of a vibrato and sings WAY TO MANY RUNS. MEH
Mena just gets drowned out by the power NPH put into this song. I think the Roger/Mark actors have to be exact; if they don't blend it's just lame. A different combination with either of them would sound better.
I don't know if I like Christian Mena's voice for Roger. I mean, he's a great singer, and sounds great with Neil Patrick Harris, but I really don't like him as Roger for some reason. It just doesn't sound quite right.
I love NPH as Mark though! I find it kind of cool how Anthony Rapp and Neil Patrick Harris are both gay men who play Mark, it kind of gives more depth to the role. I saw Mark as a very ambiguous character a lot of the time.
okay the other guy is a good singer but.....his voice isn't right for the part of roger. roger normally has the rockstar rugid kinda scratchy voice or like a pure non scratchy rockstar voice. but this guy has kind of sounds like he'd be better in sweeney todd or phantom of the opera.
This was pretty good. NPH, I'm a bit disappointed in the intonation. The tone matches the song well. Christian - I think he could have been better off not doing this. He has the wrong tone for the song and what it is trying to convey. Fantastic singers both, but things could have been fixed.
Christian's problem with this role (And even NPH a little) is he is not even CLOSE to being edgy enough. He has a beautiful voice, sure, but Roger is hard core rocker, bot classic broadway.
@TheApiphobicArtist Got it. I think that's pretty awesome, just that he was able to do Mark to begin with, because, Neil is awesome and did an amazing job.
Their singing was great, but to me, when i heard NPH was in RENT, I imagined him more as roger... And this Mena guy doesnt seem like he should be Roger at all...
@PatrickLuver4Lyfe He doesn't identify as gay. In his biography book, he identifies as bisexual, and a serial monogamous. He has had boyfriends in the past, I don't know if he currently has one though.
I feel like NPH made a solid Mark back in 1997. As for the guy who played Roger, he has a good voice. The problem is I don't feel he is a Roger like an Adam Pascal or Will Chase. Christian seems better suited to play Danny Zucco in Grease.
@Johnnycatmeow Watch him in Dr. Horrible's Sing along blog. He plays the evil guy dr. horrible. and you can hear the hatred in his voice when he sings a couple of the songs.
Is it just me, or are broadway actors always so much better before they get "famous"? Don't get me wrong, NPH has more talent in his left earlobe than most people have in their whole body, but I just worry he's going to go the same way as John Barrowman.
@spike284 Then I don't know how that can be possible. Unless you're saying that you would endure great pain to your genitals for hours in order to show how much you appreciate him.
First of all, It's Neil Patrick Harris and Anthony Rapp, which you would notice if you've passed second grade and have learned how to read and/or learned how to sound out words. Anthony RAPP is not a stage name, it is the name of of and actual actor and a fantastic singer. Personally, I believe that certain ignorant people going with the "Great Black Wayne" is one of the major reasons why the youth of today cannot appreciate good singers that don't use AUTOTUNE and mimic actual talent. K thanks.
@Seriphina Obviously, you. missed the dis-respectful jackass calling NPH Anthony Rapp and then saying that Rapp was a ridiculous actor and untalented singer. The same jackass also praised lil' wayne and claimed that autotune was the way to go. DUMB-ASS
@joejoemasterfull yeah. auto tune sucks. all you get out of it are emotionless robotic voices and songs like 'Friday' . usually the lyrics suck more than the stuck up, untalented artists that use it.
@joejoemasterfull i can appreciate where you're coming from with the autotune, and i'm PART of todays high school society, but idk who that is exactly. the one thing we can all agree on is that is neil patrick harris as mark. and he is amazing.
I love Neil Patrick Harris, I think he is a great singer and actor of course, but he is not the real Mark. He is just playing the part. Anthony Rapp on the other hand, he is Mark. This might be the worst interpretation of Roger I have ever seen.
I love Neil Patrick Harris, but not as Mark. Anthony Rapp is definitely better suited to the part. And jesus, what the hell is wrong with this Roger? Seriously, he's like... over-singing. You know, if that was a thing.
It surprises me that there is a line in this song about not having a conscious? However it's probably not the conservative idea of a conscious. I find this song very true. You are what you own, what you own makes a person and it shouldn't be that way. possesions will do nothing for you when you are dead.
They don't blend together well. Adam and Anthony did.
tdstar21 1 week ago
If this was Adam instead of Christian ... then I'd be a lot happier.
JulianComeau 2 weeks ago
I might get attacked for saying this but...this video really shows just how amazing the original cast was. Neither of these guys live up to Anthony and Adam. They both did well I guess, Neil better than the guy playing Roger. But the performance just felt kind of lackluster for me :(
DWSMusic93 2 weeks ago 2
i like both of these singers, but i dont think they have the same blend as rapp and pascal. those two were meant to sing this song together
drpbeast13 3 weeks ago
I wish I could see a RENT production with Neil <3
tzukishiro 3 weeks ago
NPH was excellent, but I wasn't quite feeling Christian Mena. :/
SpiderQueen971 3 weeks ago
i can believe this is a true story...
akacurry024 3 weeks ago
roger's riffs are....scary.
SingingFool123 4 weeks ago 3
NPH: Singing and playing like a boss
The Roger guy: How can I beat Neil awesomeness? Maybe vibrato... (well, no...)
AlbatrBoss 4 weeks ago
Neil Patrick Harris!
IanXPikachu 1 month ago
nph...i love you...<3
broadwaybaby243 1 month ago
WANT HIM IN MY PANTS
TheWimpyFruit 1 month ago
Hey! Guy that plays Riger! Cut the excessive vibrato and riffing please? Thank you!
Poet2916 1 month ago 2
He has such a great voice! obviously he doesn't compare to Anthony, who originated the role, but hey. He did Mark justice.
nicolelectric 1 month ago
I hate it when fans get upset over cast changes and automatically decide that no cast will match up to the originals That's not how musicals work, they can't keep the same cast forever. Consider the fact that this was posted 12 yrs after the play opened on broadway. Rapp and Pascal would be simply too old to play the parts. Give newer casts a chance. I think they are great, Mena's voice had a tad too much vibrato but he is still good, I personally found pascal's voice annoying, it was too nasal
LaurenSaysCupcakes 1 month ago 5
hes amazing... neil that is.. the other guy is talented but he pisses me off
ispeakmusicallyXD 1 month ago
Ugh. NPH is just too much for me. <3
PrincessMai 2 months ago
He's such a good Mark...
Rocketeer65 2 months ago 15
Holy crap... NPH is a pretty good Mark! Sure, he isn't Anthony, but he's really, really good!
...Christian had way too much vibrato to be a rock star. A little is fine, but his voice wavered too much where it shouldn't have. But, it wasn't horrible. Still a good performance.
edelricluvr2 2 months ago
Is it me or was the guy playing Rodger not manly enough. I'm not saying that men have to be manly, but Rodger was really sensitive in this guys portrayal, and he isn't that kind of sensitive. if you know what i mean.
candler128 2 months ago
@candler128 Adam Pascal IS Roger, bottom line.
InfinityEnterprises 2 months ago 5
I saw this production in LA. Neil was great, but Anthony still owns the role. Christian Mena was way too contemporary musical theatre. Roger needs an edge and this guy didn't have it. I flew to NYC the next weekend and saw Norbert Leo Butz as Roger. I became an instant fan of his. I've seen Rent many times with many different casts. Nothing holds a candle to the OBC. It was magical. Perhaps it's from the closeness they achieved while workshopping with Jonathan Larson...
noellehannibal 2 months ago
anyone else love 3:12?
i LOVE how he said "i quit!" LOL
proud2beamichaelfan 2 months ago 3
There are plenty of articles (just go google NPH and Rent) that prove that NPH DID indeed play this role in 1997. I can tell you that the first time I ever heard a song performed from Rent, it was on a TV talk show with NPH. And that was a long time prior to the movie, which came out in 2005.
mah5469 3 months ago
He performed on the "Benny" tour, which started in LA and went national later..
mah5469 3 months ago
Has anyone else noticed the excessive riffing by both guys? I mean, I understand trying to make it your own, but that's not always the way to go.
Otherwise, they're great.
djarrett651 3 months ago
@djarrett651 Yeah, I gotta say that I agree. It's a really good song and I think had they NOT done so many runs it would have been a lot better. Can't hate on NPH or the other guy, they have decent voices.
KBlocker29 3 months ago
he suited up!!!
Hannabobanna2345 3 months ago 3
"Harris accepted the role of Mark Cohen for the Los Angeles production of the beloved musical, Rent (2005). His performance in "Rent" garnered him a Drama-League Award in 1997."
I know that this has already been explained by someone on this video, but, I got this off of IMDB biographies, and I just wanted to point out, how can someone get an award for a role in 1997 when they don't have the actual role until 2005? Someone should tell IMDB to fix their stuff. :)
FluteCake15 3 months ago
NHP suited up for this song...Unreal! I was shocked how good he was...The other guy can't beat Pascual though....
TheSeattlehawk94 3 months ago 4
duude, NPH is freaking awesomely legen...wait for it...DARY!
xiaojay888 4 months ago
Everyone is going on about how cool NPH is. And although he is a funny guy who can sing, he will never be Anthony Rapp. And they sound like shit compared to the original. Let's be honest here we always will compare anyone who attempts this duet to the original.
originalpheonixkami 4 months ago
i always imagines NPH as a 'Rodger' but he makes a frickin' amazing Mark :D
Wish I could have seen it with him in :/
ellielou22 4 months ago 2
What is up with that other guy Christian? it's like he's trying to outshine NPH Bahahahaha I find it humorous that he thinks he can even attempt to live up to NPH let alone outshine him
booboobitxch666 4 months ago
@booboobitxch666 Christian Mena is a rock star in his own right. He has a 6 octive voice and his own band Maracujah! will melt yourr brain. He was the best Roger EVER (benny tour circa mid 90s)
siouxbruno 4 months ago
@siouxbruno Search Tragedy and Triumph (3 0f 6) 1997 LA press reel on youtube...
siouxbruno 4 months ago
@siouxbruno Anthony Rapp was the best Roger he still is the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be no one who has lived up to him yet. Excuse the cliché but I am just being honest
booboobitxch666 4 months ago
@booboobitxch666 Anthony Rapp was the Original Mark, Adam Pascal was Roger :)
AussieHobbit 3 months ago
@AussieHobbit bahahaha I can't believe I typed the wrong name O_O Thank you for correcting my idiotic mistake
booboobitxch666 3 months ago
@booboobitxch666 no worries, what kind of musical theater lover would i be if i didn't help out a fellow fan :p
AussieHobbit 3 months ago
@AussieHobbit Thank you again =)
booboobitxch666 3 months ago
@siouxbruno a 6 octave range? Really? That's basically saying that he has nearly the complete range of a piano. There are 7 full octaves on a piano, and being male, and producing testosterone means generally that the really high notes, that classically trained sopranos have issues hitting would more than likely be out of his range. I'd say he's got a 4 octave range... maybe.
Joey31379 3 months ago
@Joey31379 Aye, falsetto does not count towards your octave range in the real world.
skullydt 2 months ago
@skullydt As a trained singer myself, I have to agree totally, your range is generally determined by what you can sing in full voice.
Joey31379 2 months ago
@booboobitxch666 He's just trying to keep up. Otherwise we would be wondering why the song was sung as a solo, when it's a duet.
whitehotfire 4 months ago
@whitehotfire Touché it is a very difficult song to sing... I guess I really have no right to judge I could never sing this song as well as they do...
booboobitxch666 4 months ago
ive never seen this before but OMG! NPH is an amazing singer! hes like the perfect actor. and as someone who loves rent like i do, i wish he had been in the original.
MrSlashbash 4 months ago 2
OMG its Barney singing!! (for those who dont know what I mean, Barney is Neil Patrick Harris's character in How I met your mother)
Gomaluvsyou 4 months ago
I knew NPH did musical theater but I had no idea he was this good. He's got an amazing voice. Despite what I'm reading here about the other guy I liked him too. Just to name drop a little..I met NPH and his partner and talked with them a bit.
lasktguy 4 months ago 3
NPH is awesome as Mark. He's got a great voice.
CatLuvr69 4 months ago 2
Roger wants to be a backstreet boy...
AnimaDiSpada 4 months ago 3
that roger is shit
mcflyrocks26 4 months ago
damn I wish I could've Rent Neil Patrick Harris was in it! That would have just been awesome :)
xxxxPinkTasselxxxx 4 months ago
NPH was good, not Anthony Rapp, but still good, however, the guy playing Roger needed to chill out with the voice wavering thing.
GiaSesshoumaru 5 months ago 58
@GiaSesshoumaru
He doesn't really look the part. Hiv suffers just don't have any muscle. He's excellent but still, I think the rocker/Kurt Cobain look really makes the performance more suitable.
Javjean 2 months ago
@GiaSesshoumaru i think NPH is awesome, but i totally agree about the guy playing roger...lol!!
peachamus 2 months ago
i adore NPH, he's the best! But in my opinion i don't think his voice is really suited for Mark. In this version he's too calm and not really putting a lot of emotion in it.
tallperson605 5 months ago
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NPH is a AMAZING singer he is my favorite actor I Love this song Neil Patrick Harris is awesome I Love him as Barney on How I Met Your Mother I Love you NPH
Crazy4NPH 5 months ago
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Crazy4NPH 5 months ago
i wish the guy playing roger would stop making his voice waver all over the scale
theatergeeksjk24601 5 months ago 2
I love Neil Patrick Hais, I really do. And I think he has an amazing singing voice. But I couldn't enjoy this as much as I shoul have because I kept seeing Barney frm How I Met Your Mother, not Mark, and Barney wouldn't sing this. It's just... the suit.
I'm sorry, but I can't help preferring Anthony Rapp, I feel like he was born for the part. NPH still does a good job, though.
I also prefer Adam Pascal a thousand times better than Christian Mena. It just seems to me like he's over-doing it.
lizzy941028 5 months ago
@lizzy941028 Isnt the suit legend wait for it ......dary
Darkwing3640 5 months ago
Oh Neil Patrick Harris!!!Whenever you speak,my heart sings! :D <3
susannawrong 5 months ago
Haha I remember seeing this on TV when it aired. It was the first time I'd seen NPH since Doogie Howser went off the air.
wickedzen1 5 months ago
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Ithilliam 6 months ago
There is something a little unbelievable about NPH playing Mark.... I mean, come on, gay or straight, who would leave THAT?! Heterosexual MEN want this guy, I don't think anyone with female anatomy would (or could) walk away!
LaynieFae 6 months ago in playlist Musical 5
I LOVE THIS NPH did a GREAT job But something is so SPECIAL with Anthony For me its like His voice is already Aggresive yet so soft Its inexplainable but Neil whas great aswell :)
veronica56478 6 months ago
Why do gay guys almost always play Mark!
roundandround14 6 months ago
@roundandround14 Well the Germans did have John Partridge as a Roger
joshwmiltonman 5 months ago
@roundandround14 They don't! What about Anthony Rapp?
MoMoRocks111 5 months ago
@MoMoRocks111 Gay or Bi. Jeez! lol
roundandround14 5 months ago
Neil is amazing. everything about him. :)
BrianaLIVE24 6 months ago 5
If anyone here HASN'T seen Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, I encourage you to. Because it's amazing, and I may break something important if you don't.
I agree with some of the criticisms, but this is still an amazing performance of a great song, from a spectacular musical.
Meanwhile, I'm running out of positive adjectives...
xPurplyFuNx 6 months ago 73
I think Mena is a better singer, but NPH just has that X factor that makes him shine. I'm not sure Mena (as good as he is) was really the best choice for Roger. He's a bit too polished and soulful to pass for an "ex-junkie Eddie Vedder/Punk Rocker".
Bystander81 6 months ago 2
/watch?v=LdmaSClef6Q
mikey720722 6 months ago
NPH was a great Mark Cohen but I have seen numerous actors play a better Roger. My biggest issue is he is trying WAY to hard to sing the song instead of just feeling it. Not to mention, he is too clean of a singer. When Adam Pascal hits the high notes, is semi clean, he has hint of arock singer. This dude has WAY too much of a vibrato and sings WAY TO MANY RUNS. MEH
ChrisLP182 6 months ago 2
I actually screamed when NPH started singing... I think i am now a fan of NPH
bluebirde67 7 months ago
Everyones hating on Christian but I liked him alot actually
tankmaster1018 7 months ago
Neil Patrick Harris really suits the character of Mark Cohen ... I'm impressed!
xxLastWishesxx 7 months ago 5
...I just came.
GreenEyedSummerGirl 7 months ago 2
Mena just gets drowned out by the power NPH put into this song. I think the Roger/Mark actors have to be exact; if they don't blend it's just lame. A different combination with either of them would sound better.
Kathriller 8 months ago 2
I don't know if I like Christian Mena's voice for Roger. I mean, he's a great singer, and sounds great with Neil Patrick Harris, but I really don't like him as Roger for some reason. It just doesn't sound quite right.
I love NPH as Mark though! I find it kind of cool how Anthony Rapp and Neil Patrick Harris are both gay men who play Mark, it kind of gives more depth to the role. I saw Mark as a very ambiguous character a lot of the time.
mewzakuro240 8 months ago 6
NPH worked really hard at this, and I enjoyed it. Thanks!
justanote7 8 months ago 4
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Laurenactscrazy 8 months ago
okay the other guy is a good singer but.....his voice isn't right for the part of roger. roger normally has the rockstar rugid kinda scratchy voice or like a pure non scratchy rockstar voice. but this guy has kind of sounds like he'd be better in sweeney todd or phantom of the opera.
NerdyRockstar13 8 months ago
I'm actually fine with the other guy's singing. :o
plue08 8 months ago
Oh my god. This Christian Mena guy...he's good, but you couldn't have picked a worse person for the role if you'd tried.
JoeJeffersonPhillips 8 months ago
This was pretty good. NPH, I'm a bit disappointed in the intonation. The tone matches the song well. Christian - I think he could have been better off not doing this. He has the wrong tone for the song and what it is trying to convey. Fantastic singers both, but things could have been fixed.
polgarathesorceress1 9 months ago
Christian's problem with this role (And even NPH a little) is he is not even CLOSE to being edgy enough. He has a beautiful voice, sure, but Roger is hard core rocker, bot classic broadway.
vaultingdiva 9 months ago 3
NPH awesome the other dude, really bad
waveman352 9 months ago 3
NPH was fantastic the other guy?... not so much
MSversion13 9 months ago 3
20 people don't know what they own...
sharebones 9 months ago
Holy shit, awesome actor, amazing singer. Neil Patrick Harris. :D
crayzrockrr101 10 months ago
Any one noticed that this was like, 14 years ago and Neil Patrick Harris still looks the exact same amount of bangin'?
#TimelessBang
ThingsToFallFor 10 months ago 77
@ThingsToFallFor Neil Patrick Harris played Mark Cohen 6 years ago, not 14.
TheApiphobicArtist 3 months ago
@TheApiphobicArtist But the description says this is from 1997. Is it wrong?
FluteCake15 3 months ago
@FluteCake15 Yeah. NPH played Mark in 2005.
TheApiphobicArtist 3 months ago
@TheApiphobicArtist Got it. I think that's pretty awesome, just that he was able to do Mark to begin with, because, Neil is awesome and did an amazing job.
FluteCake15 3 months ago
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theeblakester002 3 months ago
Respond to this video... if anything, he gets bangin'-er with age.
theeblakester002 3 months ago 2
If your going to RENT, do it correctly. Thats all there is to say about this performance.
noreallyimactually18 10 months ago
NPH is pretty good, but that Roger is...meh
plaidsacolor 10 months ago 3
OMG NPH sounds just like he did on Doogie Howser!! So oooo cute its like hes a kid again
gofigure17sk8 11 months ago
That Roger is horrible for the part. :-\ But NPH rocks as always, though I really could see him as Roger more than Mark.
LadySaea 11 months ago
Their singing was great, but to me, when i heard NPH was in RENT, I imagined him more as roger... And this Mena guy doesnt seem like he should be Roger at all...
CanYouSayBubbles 11 months ago 4
Why do they always have GAY people play Mark?!? lol P.S. I am not prejudiced against gays :) :P
clmillerbunny 11 months ago
@clmillerbunny anthony rapps not gay
PatrickLuver4Lyfe 11 months ago
@PatrickLuver4Lyfe yes he is! He's got a boyfriend :)
clmillerbunny 11 months ago
@PatrickLuver4Lyfe read his book?
spike284 10 months ago
@PatrickLuver4Lyfe He doesn't identify as gay. In his biography book, he identifies as bisexual, and a serial monogamous. He has had boyfriends in the past, I don't know if he currently has one though.
Joey31379 3 months ago
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MoMoRocks111 5 months ago
Why do they always have GAY people play Mark?!? lol
clmillerbunny 11 months ago
@clmillerbunny ikr.. anthony rapp, NPH, that guy from broadway, even one in austalia in 2007 anthony calea
Ishi4eva 10 months ago
i like this. not as good as the orginal but i like this
foxhugger1230 11 months ago
i got goose bumps. amazing.
MrJakeyKnowsBest 11 months ago
WOW! I've never heard him sing before.. he's good =D
aqtpie18 11 months ago
Neil, awsome yet again, but the Mena guy looked like he was trying to take a really big dump on those really long notes...
TheCrazyFool1995 11 months ago
Wnat to hear him sing as Mark and Adam Pascal as Roger... Would be amaaazing!
AngusFreakMonia 11 months ago 3
@AngusFreakMonia YES!
MrJohneybgood 11 months ago
Yeah! Hit it, Doogie!
crashbuist 11 months ago
Neil Patrick Harris is one hot gay man!!
NYUChick13 11 months ago 10
I liked Christian....i think alot of his choices may have been based on Direction
markck68 1 year ago
I feel like NPH made a solid Mark back in 1997. As for the guy who played Roger, he has a good voice. The problem is I don't feel he is a Roger like an Adam Pascal or Will Chase. Christian seems better suited to play Danny Zucco in Grease.
ironbear53 1 year ago
Neil is okay. The Roger doesn't deserve the name.
futoijosei 1 year ago
NPH is amazing
willthecook 1 year ago 4
Musical-Five!
SwingingTipper 1 year ago 6
Roger needs to suit up! :-P
slvrstarlight17 1 year ago
He does that same head tilt that Anthony Rapp does. I wonder where that came from....
hatorigirl1202 1 year ago
I LOVE NEIL PATRICK HARRIS!!!!!!!!
bigday3334 1 year ago
So impressed with Neil. I really didn't like Christian though. He doesn't fit that part at all.
thenerdhugger 1 year ago 5
Roger's voice is incredible ... but he's way too like. angry ?
bobbyjj331 1 year ago 4
Neil amazing Christian not so much , gotta love rent
RentandWicked 1 year ago
He Can Sing Too........Life just got sweeter ;-) (no pun intended)
CrazyGood88 1 year ago
The venom in NPH's voice and face when he's referencing Roger makes me flinch- he does nasty so well; if he were ever pissed at me I'd be scared.
Johnnycatmeow 1 year ago
@Johnnycatmeow Watch him in Dr. Horrible's Sing along blog. He plays the evil guy dr. horrible. and you can hear the hatred in his voice when he sings a couple of the songs.
bsbhimrasmus 1 year ago
@bsbhimrasmus Oh, I've seen it. I'm just still impressed with how creepy and intimidating he manages to be.
Johnnycatmeow 1 year ago
3:05- Nice handphone, Neil.
xOvampiressOx 1 year ago 5
the roger is good, just... not a roger.
lucindathestrange 1 year ago 4
Is it just me, or are broadway actors always so much better before they get "famous"? Don't get me wrong, NPH has more talent in his left earlobe than most people have in their whole body, but I just worry he's going to go the same way as John Barrowman.
WeeSusieJ 1 year ago
@WeeSusieJ I'm pretty sure NPH was tv famous before he was broadway "famous". Remember Doogie Howser?
racgein 1 year ago 4
@racgein Good point.
WeeSusieJ 1 year ago
that vibrato that roger has is so annoying.
djregester 1 year ago 2
I would have NPH's child, and I am a straight man....
spike284 1 year ago 335
@spike284 Then I don't know how that can be possible. Unless you're saying that you would endure great pain to your genitals for hours in order to show how much you appreciate him.
LvndrHppE 7 months ago
So, Neil is my favourite person in the universe.
guadaphobiax3SP 1 year ago 6
Christian Mena was the voice of Ronnie Matthews singing voice in Hey Arnold. "I saw your face and wow!"
Lightyagami121 1 year ago
"I don't own emotion, I rent" Gosh, controlled vibrato, I swoon.
kitkatqueen 1 year ago 7
@kitkatqueen Agreed, that line was pure orgasm
hoplav 1 year ago
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afashionablegirl 1 year ago
First of all, It's Neil Patrick Harris and Anthony Rapp, which you would notice if you've passed second grade and have learned how to read and/or learned how to sound out words. Anthony RAPP is not a stage name, it is the name of of and actual actor and a fantastic singer. Personally, I believe that certain ignorant people going with the "Great Black Wayne" is one of the major reasons why the youth of today cannot appreciate good singers that don't use AUTOTUNE and mimic actual talent. K thanks.
joejoemasterfull 1 year ago 71
@joejoemasterfull AMEN! =D
no1fosterluvah 1 year ago
@joejoemasterfull Thank God someone else appreciate non autotuned singers.
strikenite114 1 year ago
@joejoemasterfull Um, that is NOT Anthony Rapp dumbass.
Seriphina 10 months ago 3
@Seriphina Obviously, you. missed the dis-respectful jackass calling NPH Anthony Rapp and then saying that Rapp was a ridiculous actor and untalented singer. The same jackass also praised lil' wayne and claimed that autotune was the way to go. DUMB-ASS
joejoemasterfull 9 months ago
@joejoemasterfull yeah. auto tune sucks. all you get out of it are emotionless robotic voices and songs like 'Friday' . usually the lyrics suck more than the stuck up, untalented artists that use it.
lindigaro 8 months ago
@joejoemasterfull i can appreciate where you're coming from with the autotune, and i'm PART of todays high school society, but idk who that is exactly. the one thing we can all agree on is that is neil patrick harris as mark. and he is amazing.
crayzrockrr101 10 months ago
This may be the best sounding Mark and Roger I've heard before, but NPH sounds kind of like he's making fun of it in the beginning lines. :P
Kdrashma 1 year ago
@Kdrashma Mark is generally a sarcastic sounding character-in this instance he's complaining about the 'sellout' job he has at a network.
Johnnycatmeow 1 year ago
I have watched Rent the movie and I was hoping that Neil is playing Roger.:(
SparklingNymph 1 year ago
I love Neil Patrick Harris, I think he is a great singer and actor of course, but he is not the real Mark. He is just playing the part. Anthony Rapp on the other hand, he is Mark. This might be the worst interpretation of Roger I have ever seen.
teengipsy 1 year ago 6
ijeej Neil is so good ..love it!
klobator 1 year ago
I love Neil Patrick Harris, but not as Mark. Anthony Rapp is definitely better suited to the part. And jesus, what the hell is wrong with this Roger? Seriously, he's like... over-singing. You know, if that was a thing.
CatInTheCorner14 1 year ago 2
I love Anthony Rapp and NPH, I don't know which is a better Mark!! <3
SuicidalSiren 1 year ago
Am I the only one who think Neil is the cutest thing EVER?
XsarahXsavageX 1 year ago 8
He's a good Mark
OragamiSauce 1 year ago 5
Neil is incredible, however Christian needs chill on the verbrado and R&B wanna be shit.
KatieLynneDavis 1 year ago 4
Neil = chills.
Jickohp 1 year ago 3
the roger runs every word
TDiamond1993 1 year ago 3
@TDiamond1993 yeah its kinda annoying.
elizabethellen116 1 year ago
@TDiamond1993 agreed its like hes trying to be all look at me and hear what i can do instead of making people understand the song
Kallygirl0921 1 year ago
NPH= Pure Talent
lilanthia 1 year ago 3
woaa *_* neil is sooo good .. oO .. great :)
iTsEmS 1 year ago 2
It surprises me that there is a line in this song about not having a conscious? However it's probably not the conservative idea of a conscious. I find this song very true. You are what you own, what you own makes a person and it shouldn't be that way. possesions will do nothing for you when you are dead.
charlamain2209 1 year ago
roger just made me laugh my a off and i showed this to my roommate and she goes 'WHAT'S ROGER'S PROBLEM?!?!'
jumpingjokerchick92 1 year ago
@fetalxmind hahahahahahahaaaa!!!!!!!!! XD
Disape324 1 year ago
NPH is just Godly. I really enjoy his Mark. This Roger isn't really rock star enough, he isn't gritty enough. Yeah, I liked it.
lostinrosered 1 year ago
Neil rocks!
geekoftheweek27 1 year ago 2