Into the Woods Movie Cast

[kieranbec]

Don't know why I didn't think of this before. I know it probably won' happen but Aniki Noni Rose as the Baker's wife would be an absolute delight.

[Visceral_Fella]

oooooh, I like that idea quite a bit.

[It's a fine life!]

I personally feel that Allison Janney would be lovely as the wife. However, I like an older baker with a younger wife for some reason. Like that's contributes to the urgency of their starting a family. Don't know how to go about casting that one.

[thirtythirtyninety]

Bailey Buntain sang on BUNHEADS

http://youtu.be/rI9mhgffDYU

[jacobsnchz14]

Someone on Tumblr posted this as their dream cast:



The Witch - Donna Murphy
The Baker - Brian d’Arcy James
The Baker’s Wife - Sierra Boggess
Cinderella - Anna Kendrick
Little Red Riding Hood - Carly Rose Sonenclar
Jack - Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Rapunzel - Laura Osnes
Cinderella’s Prince - Aaron Tveit
Rapunzel’s Prince - Cheyenne Jackson
Lucinda - Megan Hilty
Florida - Annaleigh Ashford
Wolf - Hugh Jackman
Narrator - Neil Patrick Harris
Stepmother - Bernadette Peters
Mysterious Man - Chip Zien
Cinderella’s Mother - Sherie Rene Scott
Jack’s Mother - Allison Janney
The Giant - Victoria Clark
Steward - Nathan Lane
Cinderella’s Father - Norbert Leo Butz

[TalkinLoud]

Too starry for a Broadway cast. Not starry enough for a film. So basically no, never.

[EgermanArmfelt]

And Victoria Clark and Sherie Rene Scott should definitely be switched.... Clark would sing Cinderella's Mother's part in a heavenly matter

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Victoria Clark as the GIANT? Lol.

I don't know if she'd play the same role twice, but it would be fun to see Bernadette as the Stepmother. How about Cinderella's Father and Stepmother are Chip Zien and Joanna Gleason?

[Emma White]

"Bailey Buntain sang on BUNHEADS

http://youtu.be/rI9mhgffDYU"

Well, I'm sold. One of the top comments says "they should play Little Red and the Baker's Wife in the upcoming Into the Woods movie." :P

I seriously hope they give the original cast cameos. Bernadette as the stepmother would be adorable, and Chip Zien could play the father while Joanna Gleason plays Cinderella's mother.

[all that jazz]

^Emma that's my comment!!

And I agree on the cameos.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

I've been wondering about this bankable A-lister that's supposedly being considered. Cameron Diaz, who had a huge hit with BAD TEACHER, apparently came really close to getting Roxie. She's funny and she's the kind of actress Marshall loves, I don't know that she'd be right for the Baker's Wife at all or if she can sing, but I could totally see Marshall going for her.

[nasty_khakis]

Acting-wise, she'd be a little too goofy for my taste, but vocally she CAN'T. Her singing in "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "Sweetest Thing" are 100% her. She can joke her way around it, but couldn't pull off an actual musical.

I keep hoping the A-lister is Sandra Bullock or Melissa McCarthy.

[best12bars]

I'll bet it's Reece Witherspoon for the Baker's Wife.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Besty, I was thinking that too. I haven't liked her in anything for many years (including WALK THE LINE), so I'm kinda dreading it, but I'd rather her than Sandra Bullock (sorry, Jordan!).

[henrikegerman]

I want Josh Radnor for the Baker.

[Jordan Catalano]

I quite like Scarlett Johansson's voice. I don't know if it's appropriate for anything in this film, but I think she should do a musical.

[best12bars]

The Witch:




The Baker:




The Baker's Wife:



Cinderella:

[beautywickedlover]

^ That would actually be a little unusual best12bars that two ex-lovers in real life would be playing the Baker and his wife. I know that Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz did 'Bad Teacher' together after they broke-up, but I cannot remember if Reese and Jake ended their relationship on amicable or bad terms.

[Jon]

I assume that the narrator will become a voice-over, or else someone telling the story to a child, like Peter Falk in Princess Bride.

Someone like Ian McKellan or Patrick Stewart would be nice.

[Jordan Catalano]

I Swear to God, they just need to have Sondheim as the narrator.

[best12bars]

Okay, switch Gyllenhaals, and put Maggie as the Baker's Wife (I think she'd be fantastic).



Maggie singing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCDqmM9xdXs

And Seth Rogen as the Baker:

[Michael Bennett]

One of the people in Best12's post has definitely been approached for the film. And it's not Maggie.

[Jordan Catalano]

You mean Merl Skreep?

[Michael Bennett]

Well yeah her too, but no.

[Jordan Catalano]

Is it Jake? You don't have to answe but if it is just post a blank response below. Because I need that in my life. I need it bad.

[kieranbec]

Jake Gyllenhal is too attractive to play the Baker. That is the whole point. The Baker and his wife are supposed to be fairly plain. My money is on Seth Rogen as the one who's been approached.