Character Study: LOVE NEVER DIES' Gardar Thor Cortes

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6 жыл бұрын

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LOVE NEVER DIES star Gardar Thor Cortes welcomes us into his dressing room and lets us see what it takes to become the Phantom.
DIRECTED BY
Alexander Goyco

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@SamSkii14 6 жыл бұрын

I could listen to him talk for hours! so soothing and calm !

@user-tw1hh7oq7l 6 жыл бұрын

his voice is so soothing omg

@sameaston9587 3 жыл бұрын

His voice is so sweet and gentle. I can hear him talk all day and night.

@callmetlove 6 жыл бұрын

This man needs to find time to do ASMR. my god.

@lennythecat9242 4 жыл бұрын

Y E S

@scarletcarrazco872 3 жыл бұрын

Y E S x2

@lele10814 6 жыл бұрын

It's weird that there is less makeup/prosthetics for the phantom. I love seeing the evolution of his scars throughout the years.

@SamSkii14 6 жыл бұрын

His unmasked face is shown so briefly in this production, I think they found it unnecessary to have all the same prosthetics and makeup as in the original.

@christyw.2026 6 жыл бұрын

another possibility is maybe somehow in these 10 years, the phantom's scarring has somehow healed over?? a bit of a stretch XD

@lele10814 6 жыл бұрын

That really makes sense, but it is still very strange. I think for the Australian version they went all out on the prosthetic for Ramin Karimloo. I can't remember what they did for Ben Lewis.

@ZoraTheberge 6 жыл бұрын

lele10814 Ramin wasn't in the Australian cast. But yeah, they went all out on him. I feel like I remember that Ben Lewis didn't have much, if any, disfigured makeup. I'd have to sit through that mess again to see

@Mossishere 6 жыл бұрын

I believe that the scars have used less makeup is to show that he is not an anti-hero or villain in this story but rather a hero in some ways as in he’s softened

@Wander85942 6 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting 8 years for this tour and I seriously never thought it was going to happen

@rileywodka511 6 жыл бұрын

Hot Chocolate With Luna honestly me too

@lilsisasu 6 жыл бұрын

Me too! Saw the show yesterday and still can’t believe that I finally got to see it! It’s kind of special knowing that I got to see the show before it goes to Broadway (it better have a Broadway run)!

@pajarowalking 6 жыл бұрын

It was worth the wait!

@rosefranco2319 6 жыл бұрын

I saw it yesterday it was AMAZING!!

@laurisareyes9673 6 жыл бұрын

I saw at panteges

@valerios6121 6 жыл бұрын

You should do a character study for Dimitri (Derek Klena) on Anastasia!

@pomehanate 6 жыл бұрын

Yes I would love to see one from Ramin before he leaves the show!

@jessicabohin 6 жыл бұрын

They should do one for all of the main cast

@navidnamini1169 6 жыл бұрын

He should play the phantom on broadway. He’s the type of voice I want to play phantom: operatic tenor

@amberpage7936 5 жыл бұрын

Navid Namini I think he has done. Idk.

@scotthamp384 4 жыл бұрын

@Amber Page I don't believe he's starred on Broadway yet. And he has not played the Phantom in POTO, either. He did, however, play Raoul in London

@nalabees 4 жыл бұрын

@@amberpage7936 he has never played the Phantom in POTO. He was due to play him in the french language premiere in Paris (with Sierra) after leaving LND in Germany for the part (and she left broadway school of rock for it), but the theater burnt down a week before opening and the production never played. Ironic... but sad. He's only played Raoul in the West End and Passarino for the 25th London special.

@amberpage7936 4 жыл бұрын

nala beans that’s really interesting, I didn’t know that! Spooky hat the theatre burnt down!😂

@rosiemcmorrow8834 6 жыл бұрын

this dude has SUCH a soothing voice!!! record some audiobooks please

@EmilyGloeggler7984 6 жыл бұрын

Gardar summed up the Phantom perfectly

@RadioactiveGoob 6 жыл бұрын

This man has an amazing name!!

@KatieT97 6 жыл бұрын

Love Never Dies has such terrible writing but yet I love it

@iseetheWAYVision 6 жыл бұрын

Katie Tucker I know 🙈 I'm the same.

@pajarowalking 6 жыл бұрын

Everyone sitting around me loved.it. I believe the score has been tightened up quite a bit. Staging was improved, especially Beneath a Moonless Sky - so ridiculous singing a love duet separated across the room. Much more emphasis on their love, and it made the ending even harder.

@ethannavarro943 6 жыл бұрын

Screw you

@josephrouleau9259 5 жыл бұрын

I've had a sort of love/ hate relationship with the show from the first time I became aware of it, but I think the new cast recording helped land me more firmly in the pro- LND camp.

@Annesglitter 4 жыл бұрын

Katie Tucker it wasn’t originally

@darkbloom9218 5 жыл бұрын

Wow... The transformation.. The moment that tux coat was worn and he begins to walk, I'm seeing Erik right away. I'm in love with the Phantom. The Phantom is the best male broadway character of all time for me.💜

@maripan1336 6 жыл бұрын

He has such a beautiful voice :’)

@LadyVader33 4 жыл бұрын

He has a rich heritage behind him

@christinewells-leddon9287 6 ай бұрын

This was a wonderful character study: Mr. Gardar Thor Cortes loves the character and is willing (as a performer) to open himself up to the darker emotions the Phantom must embody. I truly enjoy "Love Never Dies"...I only regret that I never got to see this actor's interpretation of the role.

@SarahJareth 6 жыл бұрын

I am so glad to have met him he's such a talented and genuinely great person!

@marisolsan 6 жыл бұрын

Although I do prefer Ben Lewis as the Phantom, I cannot deny that Gardar Thor Cortes embodies the Phantom perfectly, especially in Love Never Dies because he is so mature and powerful. Perfect casting.

@TheMsiaddict 6 жыл бұрын

Mari Sanchez He was Raoul in 1999.

@HayleyPulizzi 6 жыл бұрын

I had the privilege to see his understudy Bronson in Detroit, what a terrific voice and show!

@jacquelynw1294 6 жыл бұрын

Hayley Pulizzi Same! Such a great show!

@harshmnr 6 жыл бұрын

Me too! ~:~

@fantinedaae6453 6 жыл бұрын

Ahh hey fellow Michigan theatre fan

@annmerchak2765 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, had the privilege of seeing Bronson twice in Detroit and he was phenomenal.....blew me away.

@russellsmith2245 6 жыл бұрын

I want to see him preform but he’s not on for the day I’m going

@milesl.2467 6 жыл бұрын

I am a child who fell in love with the Phantom of the Opera at the age of 2. Several years later, there was a sequel called Love Never Dies, and I had to see it. The music was beautiful, the Phantom was back, Christine had a son that was my age, and it was in New York. It just went on a 2017 US tour starring Gardar Thor Cortez and I could not say in words how excited I was to see it. It just came to where I lived and the run at the local theater ended recently. I didn't get to see the show. I was heartbroken because although it is still not as good as the original, it holds a sentimental place in my heart. I am so upset that I didn't get to see the show, and since it is not on Broadway and the chance of a tour in 1 one-in-a-million, I genuinely cried because I might not get to see the show live unless by any chance MAYBE it goes on tour again. I love the Phantom of the Opera so much, and I will say it, I even love this show too. But now the tour has moved to another state, so I guess that was that. I hope it was a great show and everybody in it did amazing!!! I'm sure they did!!!!

@paulamusik2509 6 жыл бұрын

Saw Gardar in Germany playing "Love never dies" he was STUNNING! And I was so happy to see this video

@jerryclemmons8723 6 жыл бұрын

This man has a fabulous singing voice. Just fabulous

@darthkurland 5 жыл бұрын

If Andrew Lloyd Webber had thought of the idea sooner, then we might have gotten Michael Crawford to return to the role of the Phantom. I would still like to hear Michael perform “Till I Hear You Sing.”

@katelynh6216 6 жыл бұрын

And this is why...love never dies needs to be on broadway

@carolineg.5944 6 жыл бұрын

His little voice is so sweet!

@cassondranorman 3 жыл бұрын

He's so calm and soothing I wonder how he also does the opposite with the phantom

@kmart3453 6 жыл бұрын

HIS VOICE IS SO BEAUTIFUL

@reesekvaal6116 6 жыл бұрын

I CAN'T. FREAKING. WAIT. TO SEE THIS LIVE!!!!

@toastandbread9267 4 жыл бұрын

His voice is so soothing!

@samuelbrown112 6 жыл бұрын

Just saw him in Los Angeles he was ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. I don’t cry in theatre but in “Til I Hear You Sing” I got teary eyes. Him and Megan as Christine and Sean as Raoul were absolutely magnificent. I didn’t except to be so moved by a show.

@imjustlucy_29 5 жыл бұрын

He understands this character so much😍😍

@jerryclemmons8723 6 жыл бұрын

Gardar's voice is just fantastic it just is

@dmc8092 6 жыл бұрын

I wish this was a better show.

@superdjorkurhero5608 6 жыл бұрын

D Mc it had potential. But the part where they show that Christine and Phantom had a son doesn’t exactly follow the timeline of Christine’s life that Andrew Lloyd Webber created in 2005. Even her death didn’t match up with it either. It was as if after the premier for The Phantom of The Opera 2005 film, Webber had a little too much to drink during the After Party and said to the producers “I got an excellent idea... What if, Christine and Erik were able to have a kid before Raoul rescued her (since it was after the rescue that the opera house was on fire), and ten years later Raoul is a total jerk face, Erik is manipulative again.”

@christinad6865 6 жыл бұрын

Ana Sofía and even considering the timeline of the original stage show, there's no way 10 years later is 1906 (not sure if they kept that date in this production, that's what the original london one used). The original takes place around 1881, as it's late Victorian, and then jumps to 1906 in the sequel?? So many plot holes... how would Christine have been able to find him? The girys didn't know him, how/why would they help him? Raoul can't be the father cause the kid is musical??? His mom is an opera singer!!! Ugh. It has some nice music but the plot is just awful and really disregards the original. I saw the original london production and, while it seems the sets and costumes have mostly improved (or at least become more flashy), the story has not at all

@leonardowilson7709 Жыл бұрын

Amazing how he hasn’t done the original POTO production on Broadway or west end. He would be amazing

@wikagomez5277 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible performance! Thank you! Saw it last night. Now I want to watch it again and again.

@nikkihernandez4912 6 жыл бұрын

I’ve been a fan of Gardar for years. So happy to see him featured here.

@Ah1My-Spinach-Puffs1 5 жыл бұрын

When people say they don’t like the new love never dies I point them directly to this video.

@lilsisasu 6 жыл бұрын

Just saw him yesterday. He was awesome!

@FreedomKat 6 жыл бұрын

Love it! Cannot wait to see him live!

@whizzerdeservesbetter2327 6 жыл бұрын

I saw this on New Year’s Eve with him playing Phantom! It was AMAZING

@TheBrazenGirl 6 жыл бұрын

I saw him in Hamburg as the main Phantom in LND and he was beautiful, what a voice!

@iseetheWAYVision 6 жыл бұрын

I love listening to him.

@desiraejenks2608 6 жыл бұрын

I saw him live as the phantom he is amazing! The entire cast I saw in Utica did fantastic.

@jarrarwinks8470 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this live, it was amazing. Set was gorgeous, cast was great, and I got a mug! A freaking mug! Hell yeah!

@nourcoptan1101 6 жыл бұрын

You should do a character study for Earl in Waitress

@scotthamp384 6 жыл бұрын

Carpenter?

@margisama 6 жыл бұрын

Saw the show Friday night in Greenville, SC. Unfortunately Gardar's understudy was playing the Phantom that night so I didn't get to hear *him* sing :( The understudy, Michael Willis I believe his name was, was awesome though, so if he was that amazing as the understudy I can only imagine how good Mr. Cortes is. I love his respect for the complexity of the character.

@melaninmonroe3493 6 жыл бұрын

He was so amazing tonight!

@adelaidemary6788 6 жыл бұрын

His voice!!

@toriprice9380 6 жыл бұрын

I cannot wait till I get to see this!!!!!

@Andrew_in_the_garden 6 жыл бұрын

this persons voice is so soft it's amazing

@Ale_Luna-fw7yp 6 жыл бұрын

This play it's good but it's nothing like the actual phantom of the opera.

@lizziehauze 6 жыл бұрын

Ale_Luna 0906 it’s been 10 years

@MaddestHatter13 6 жыл бұрын

Ale_Luna 0906 it’s not supposed to be

@krystalharwood1807 6 жыл бұрын

ten..long....years! sorry Phangirling here! lol

@josephrouleau9259 5 жыл бұрын

If you want to watch Phantom of the Opera, just watch Phantom of the Opera though. A sequel ought to bring something new to the table.

@BooBop1987 5 жыл бұрын

That guy is pretty cool as the Phantom!

@wenseulrenejoyrisupremacy8758 6 жыл бұрын

The makeup artists and stylists of his musical are areally brillant! God those prosthetics are amazing!

@chriskeene1788 6 жыл бұрын

Nobody Interesting I can't tell if you're being serious or you're joking his prosthetics are terrible it looks as though the makeup artist close her eyes kind of felt around and just guessed where it went and yes I understand that it's only seen for 5 minutes out of the entire show but this show is grandiose and big so every aspect should be grandiose and big including the Phantom's makeup and it's just terrible...and i know what your thinking well what qualifies you to know what's better and what's not well I am a trained makeup artist professional have done the Phantom makeup before and it looked 10 times better than this garbage

@wenseulrenejoyrisupremacy8758 6 жыл бұрын

Forgive me for my ignorance. Well, I am not a professional makeup artist unlike you so my standards may be a bit different than yours. But believe me, for a girl who has 0% knowledge about makeup, this is kinda amazing.

@rhysspeight7142 6 жыл бұрын

If you thought this make-up is good, you look at the make-up they use in the original Phantom show, it's incredible. This one looks cool, but you don't actually see it properly in the show, whereas in Phantom it's in full view. He has a massive crater in his head with some brain sticking out. It's great stuff if you love prosthetics.

@wenseulrenejoyrisupremacy8758 6 жыл бұрын

I have seen the Phantom's makeup in the original show and I compared it with this and, honestly, I thought both were amazing. I know you must be thinking that I am blind or whatever but.... that's just my opinion about the Phantom's makeup.

@kalie.k8398 3 жыл бұрын

Out of all of the underrated/ retired phantoms, I'd love to see either Hugh Panaro or Peter Joback, come back to play the phantom in LND!!!!

@cherrycola3604 6 жыл бұрын

to everyone making comments on the makeup, his face is seen for a brief 2 seconds so why would they take the time to do as much work into it as the original show where you see his face in multiple scenes/songs?

@fabianbalkhausen1371 6 жыл бұрын

He is Amazing! 👌🏻

@kattnewsom3891 6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THIS

@chloeturk5811 4 жыл бұрын

Please do a hamilton character study!

@GenesisUnkn0wn 6 жыл бұрын

Saw him perform today. It was tricky to understand what he was saying due to his vibrato, and I knew the lyrics to all the songs. The performance was certainly enjoyable, though.

@user-xr5kp6qz8g 4 жыл бұрын

Does the thing they put on his head before they put the wig on to give it more height and volume?

@emilytolman46 3 жыл бұрын

I love his accent!

@kaitlingower8696 5 жыл бұрын

I want to meet This Guy as the Phantom for my Birthday on the 14th in December.

@laurisareyes9673 6 жыл бұрын

I saw him at the panteges 2018

@leemclaury6251 6 жыл бұрын

Saw the show in Vegas

@kirad7767 6 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAAAH i clicked that like button before i even watched a second

@navidnamini1169 6 жыл бұрын

Quick question, what the hell is up with the makeup

@jschaeffer3440 5 жыл бұрын

The phantom (erik) has a damaged face which is why he gets upset when people take off his mask because he doesn't like showing it

@scotthamp384 4 жыл бұрын

@musical theater nerd I think the question is, why is it face paint makeup and not the latex stuff?

@OccyDaBoss 4 жыл бұрын

@@scotthamp384 with the money that erik got from phantasma and the girys apparently he had his face redone to look better, so here we are.

@malory6312 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a couple years late, but they didn't go full out with phantom's deformity in this show because the makeup is briefly shown once in the entire show.

@LadyVader33 4 жыл бұрын

Ok. What other roles can you see him playing?

@TheMsiaddict 4 жыл бұрын

He was Raoul in West end.

@laurenvalencia_6 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t really enjoy the music of this, but the storyline is perfection.

@musicaltrash2024 3 жыл бұрын

he’s so hot no cap

@rainybopz 3 жыл бұрын

@wallacephillips9880 6 жыл бұрын

Could you do a character study for someone in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

@mackenzimacko4778 6 жыл бұрын

YAYAYAYAYAYYAYA

@iseetheWAYVision 6 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple girl who clicked for the thumbnail.... plus I Lowkey love the broadway.

@gotnotimetotalk3468 6 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSSS

@siljemolstad7627 6 жыл бұрын

You should do someone from the Book of Mormon!

@emilia7669 6 жыл бұрын

This phantom makeup looks nothing like the original face.... its suppose to be a disfunction, not a scar?

@cayleebeaver 6 жыл бұрын

Emiliaaa It may look like this since he's only briefly shown without the mask in the show and therefore there's no need for a large amount of prosthetics/makeup.

@emilia7669 6 жыл бұрын

Caylee Beaver Ahh okey!

@rhysspeight7142 6 жыл бұрын

One of the changes made in the restaged Australian production was no actual reveal of his face. This was kept in the Stockholm version and now this US tour. In the original London version the full deformity was shown, it looked the same as in the first Phantom show.

@juliusthome2504 6 жыл бұрын

Rhys Speight there Never was a Stockholm production.

@rhysspeight7142 6 жыл бұрын

Julius Thome yeah my fault, it was Hamburg, I got mixed up with another show.

@averierohde4612 6 жыл бұрын

😍😍

@kaciereynoso4065 5 жыл бұрын

He kinda looks like Christian bale

@Annesglitter 4 жыл бұрын

anyone gonna say that his mask is on the wrong side? If you don’t believe me watch or look at some photos.?

@shelleyrightmyer6421 3 жыл бұрын

Ilove you somuch miss

@scotthamp384 6 жыл бұрын

Is that the same mask he wore in Germany?

@wlocher264 6 жыл бұрын

It was built based on the one he wore in Germany, yes.

@brennencabrera1549 6 жыл бұрын

Ummm the deformity is supposed to be on the other side! Does nobody realize this? 😨

@TheMsiaddict 6 жыл бұрын

Brennen Cabrera You're looking at the mirror.

@octoberdiamond 6 жыл бұрын

The hottest phantom ever!!! Except for Michael Crawford, lol!

@michellebetman7276 6 жыл бұрын

I had his understudy :(

@missmpv 6 жыл бұрын

Michelle Betman How was he?

@michellebetman7276 6 жыл бұрын

missmpv his understudy was awesome

@alepta6224 4 жыл бұрын

The show works when you see it live ! Not in DVD ! I hated the DVD I loved it when I saw it in San Diego last year ! I even went a second time !! It was very powerfull and moving , although I don’t think it as a sequel for phantom ...( characters like the Girys don’t make sens with the original) I think it more of an alternate reality of what may have happened.

@TheMsiaddict 4 жыл бұрын

Give me the DVD, will you.

@crispypoohs 6 жыл бұрын

Yeesh... That makeup is awful.

@disgruntledcashier503 6 жыл бұрын

I've seen high schoolers in Halloween costumes with better makeup than this major National Tour with Andrew Lloyd Webber footing the bill

@JoshGIsHere 6 жыл бұрын

You hardly see the makeup in the show, so it'd be pointless to do more. This look actually sells the effect really well when you're seeing it live.

@EmilyGloeggler7984 6 жыл бұрын

I agree

@disgruntledcashier503 6 жыл бұрын

You hardly see the makeup in Phantom of the Opera, and the makeup for that looks a million times better.

@livana2144 6 жыл бұрын

U also have to remember that it has to be big and bold enough for audience members in the gods to see clearly. And as others have said, u don't see it much anyway.