Editing Rent (musical) (section)

===Film===
{{Main article|Rent (film)}}

In 2005, ''Rent'' was adapted into a movie directed by [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]] with a screenplay by [[Stephen Chbosky]]. With the exception of Daphne Rubin-Vega (who was pregnant at the time of filming) and Fredi Walker (who felt she was too old for her role), who played Mimi and Joanne respectively, the original Broadway cast members reprised the principal roles.{{efn|name=Mimi|The Broadway originator in the role of Mimi, [[Daphne Rubin-Vega]], was pregnant at the time of the movie's casting and filming.<ref name=diva>{{cite magazine |title=DIVA TALK: Chatting with ''Les Miz''{{'}}s Daphne Rubin-Vega PLUS News of LuPone, D'Abruzzo and Murphy |first=Andrew |last=Gans |date=October 13, 2012 |magazine=[[Playbill]] |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/diva-talk-chatting-with-les-mizs-daphne-rubin-vega-plus-news-of-lupone-dabruzzo-and-murphy-com-135555 |access-date=2023-08-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806035954/https://www.playbill.com/article/diva-talk-chatting-with-les-mizs-daphne-rubin-vega-plus-news-of-lupone-dabruzzo-and-murphy-com-135555 |archive-date=2023-08-06}}</ref>}}{{efn|name=Joanne|The Broadway originator in the role of Joanne, [[Fredi Walker]], had been the oldest of the main cast when the stage production premiered in 1996{{snd}}older at that time than some of the main cast were by the time of the film. She stated that she was not offered the film role due to her age, but did request that the producers cast an actress of African descent for the film.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nine Years in the Life |first=Catherine |last=Billey |date=2005-09-04 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/movies/nine-years-in-the-life.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404222953/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/movies/nine-years-in-the-life.html |archive-date=2023-04-04 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Released on November 23, 2005, the film remained in the box office top ten for three weeks, receiving mixed reviews. Several plot elements were changed slightly, and some songs were changed to spoken dialogue or cut entirely for the film. The soundtrack was produced by [[Rob Cavallo]], engineered by Doug McKean and features session musicians [[Jamie Muhoberac]], [[Tim Pierce]] and Dorian Crozier.