The Producers (1967 film) replied that Wilder was "a natural comic, you look like Harpo Marx," and said he would cast him as Leo Bloom once he finished the then-titled "Springtime for Hitler." When production arrived, Peter Sellers accepted an invitation to play Leo Bloom, but he never contacted again, so Brooks remembered Wilder, who was about to make his film debut in "Bonnie and Clyde." Wilder received the script to "The Producers" as Brooks visited him backstage during a performance of "Luv," and his co-star Renée Taylor was brought for a brief appearance as Eva Braun. Dustin Hoffman was originally cast as Liebkind.
Bare: The Musical NFTY, along with the producers, creative team, and cast. The producers, creative team, and cast also showed support for the NOH8 Campaign. On January 2, 2018, it was announced that Kristin Hanggi, who directed the original Los Angeles and New York productions of "", adapted the musical into a screenplay and is planning to turn it into a motion picture. Tony Award-nominated producers Hillary Butorac Weaver and Janet Billig Rich will produce the film. That same day, they asked fans of the show from past and present to self-record one-minute video testimonials of their personal experience with the show, its