Krysta Rodriguez
This spin-off of the ever-popular How I Met Your Mother would have been a great showcase for this multi-talented Latina. But she and its director have both come and gone.
Andy Mientus and Krysta Rodriguez
Smash
Smash, the short-lived but high-profile musical series about musicals, made a big impression on a lot of people last year, but nobody made a bigger impression than Krysta Rodriguez. It isn’t exactly surprising: Krysta had already conquered Broadway, originating the role of Wednesday Addams in the hit musical version of The Addams Family, literally rising from the chorus to replace a lead in the revival of A Chorus Line, and going to be in another revival, this one In the Heights. Even after Smash smashed, Krysta returned to Broadway to star in First Date The Musical, co-starring with Chuck’s Zachary Levi. Not long after, she participated in a concert version of The Hit List, the fictional musical she was a part of in Smash.
So it seemed natural that she’d land a high-profile role at the center of How I Met Your Dad, probably the most talked-about pilot (and most likely to go to full series) of the season. She was set to play Juliet, “a “sexy and flamboyant party girl force of nature, who runs the most successful fashion blog in the country.” Pretty much the female version of Neil Patrick Harris’s Barney Stinson on the original show.
Unfortunately, there seems to be some turmoil at HIMYD , and both Krysta and How I Met Your Mother director Pam Fryman have both left the project before it’s been shot.
It’s a shame. Even if she wasn’t going to get to sing, it would have been nice to see her again.
