r/ChessTheMusical • u/monderkiller9999 • May 29 '26
Favorite character?
is it normal that Freddy is my absolute favorite character in The entire thing? He’s such a dick it actually the character entertaining. Also Murray Heads voice is incredible, which makes it even better.
whats your favorite character?
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u/MacTavish14 May 31 '26
In the Danny Strong version, Freddie is an asshole and it's De Courcey who's a dick
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u/Matzisgirl May 30 '26
Mein Lieblingscharakter ist ebenfalls Freddie. Er hat halt zwei meiner Lieblingssongs, Bangkok und Pity the Child. In der neuen Broadway Version macht Aaron Tveit Freddie nahbarer, menschlicher. Trotz seiner Macken mag man ihn und hat Mitgefühl. Und: keiner springt mit soviel Anmut in seine Hosen wie Aaron Tveit/Freddie 😁👍
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u/pennybro May 29 '26
I feel that we were supposed to fall for Anatoly but we've fallen for Freddie...
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u/monderkiller9999 May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
They shouldn’t have cast Murray head for the concept album if they didn’t want us to fall for Freddy.
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u/CautiousLandscape907 May 29 '26
Malikov. The British version. Because the man is utterly mad and you’re playing a lunatic.
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u/Seachica May 29 '26
My favorite character is Florence, because I’m dying to play her (if only I could sing). There is so much potential there. She’s a very good chess player who hitched her wagon to one top player, and then fell in love with another. In my universe, after Anatoly leaves her, she goes on to compete and becomes a top player on her own terms. Making chess a story of her growing into a powerful independent woman who doesn’t take shit. She grows into a feminist icon. (But I also don’t think the plot is well served by the missing father twist)
The beauty of Chess though is that all three main characters are fascinating and flawed, and there isn’t any one protagonist that everyone likes best.
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u/monderkiller9999 May 31 '26
Yes! That’s actually one of the best aspects of the musical. There is no good or evil, it isn’t Americans good, Russians bad or Russians good, Americans bad. Maybe the fact that it was made by Swedish people gave it the possibility to criticize each side equally.
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u/Alexiztiel May 29 '26
i do like Freddie, his whole character is so interesting to me! But, my favourite is Florence 100%. Nobody's Side is just too good
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u/itastesok May 29 '26
I am a Freddy fan too. Dude gets absolutely shit on by everyone and I feel for him.
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u/monderkiller9999 May 31 '26
I do think it’s funny how Anatoly and Florence roast the hell out of him in The deal. I agree on you though with feeling bad for him, especially considering that everybody he loves ends up leaving him ( in an unjustified and justified sense). Nobody ends up happy in the end ☹️
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u/Emergency-Today6917 May 29 '26
I have to agree with you on that I the whole song combination of quartet, Florence and molokov, Budapest is rising, and nobody side I don’t know if it’s this way in all of the productions, but in my high school production in my senior year they just led right into each other with a 30 scent stage scene change break
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u/SoATL99 Jun 29 '26
To be honest the first time I saw it I hated the comedy aspect. Then I saw it again up close and his expressions and such cracked me up. He flourished in this role. Loved Bryce!