Streep 'confirmed' as The Witch in WOODS film- Page 2

[uncageg]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:35pm

One of my all time favorite shows and scores...and now they ruined the movie, for me. I too am over her in everything, and I like her.

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:38pm

In the words of Cameron Tucker from "Modern Family"...

"Excuse me. Meryl Streep could play Batman and be the right choice. She's perfection!!"

[BWay Fan]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:39pm

But some of those major roles listed in the reading were replaced..heard about Meryl and Alison Janney but have heard three roles have been signed by different actors that were at the reading

[bobs3]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:40pm

"Excuse me. Meryl Streep could play Batman and be the right choice. She's perfection!!"

^That's a like!

Updated On: 1/31/13 at 08:40 PM

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:42pm

Goodness please let Nina Arianda play the Baker's Wife!

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:44pm

One of my all time favorite shows and scores...and now they ruined the movie, for me. I too am over her in everything, and I like her.

That damn Streep woman ruins every movie she makes! That's why she hasn't worked since the last PORKY'S sequel! (And I like her.)

Oh, good grief! Go back and listen to what she did with Shel Silverstein's "I'm Checking Out (from the Heartbreak Hotel)" at the end of POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE. No, that isn't the style of singing she'll use for ITW, but listen just as a hint of her range.

[bobs3]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:46pm

Or "I See Me" from DEATH BECOMES HER.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:47pm

I guess they are going to cut the part in the movie where the witch turn into a beautiful woman cause Streep ain't that beautiful.

Is the witch's music that hard to sing? I thought she had all that patter speak-singing.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:49pm

"I guess they are going to cut the part in the movie where the witch turn into a beautiful woman cause Streep ain't that beautiful."

Streep has embraced her age with grace.

[OperaBwayLover]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:50pm

She may not be beautiful (I think she's lovely), but she can pull off glamorous. It's always fun to see photos of her attending award shows because she always looks amazing.

Edit: The Witch can be glamorous: see the original London production with Julia McKenzie.



Updated On: 1/31/13 at 08:50 PM

[bobs3]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:51pm

I surmise The Witch will be a combination live action and animation (or as some call it manimation) -- similar to Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland".

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:52pm

"She may not be beautiful, but she can pull off glamorous. It's always fun to see photos of her attending award shows because she always looks amazing."

Exactly and in 2006 she played a glamorous fashion icon in 'The Devil Wears Prada'.

[E.Davis]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:58pm

This is a role she has really played, so I will be happy to embrace her.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 8:59pm

"Streep has embraced her age with grace."

I'm not talking about her age. Her nose has always made her face weird.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 9:12pm

She herself has always admitted hers is an eccentric beauty, but I have never had a problem believing her to be beautiful, on stage or on screen.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 9:17pm

Not my first choice, but she'll be great.

[ReggieonBway]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 9:28pm

I just pray that Anna Kendrick ends up playing Cinderella.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 9:32pm

Not my first choice, but she'll be great.

I don't think you understand how this thread works, best12.

It's either champagne or daggers, but you have to choose!

(Just kidding. You are a gentlemen as always.)

[BWay Fan]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 10:02pm

Nope Kendrick isn't playing her

[ReggieonBway]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 10:05pm

How do you know, pray tell? She did the reading.

[E.Davis]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 10:11pm

Does Anna Kendrick have the range?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 10:19pm

Not my first choice, either, but she'll still be wonderful. And I'd much prefer Streep to CZJ for this particular role. The role of the Witch doesn't require conventional beauty. She just has to go from hag to glam, which is a snap for Streep. It's all about the Witch's attitude and the designers' styling, not the inherent appearance of the actress.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 10:22pm

There's also no corroboration to this story anywhere on the internet. The only place this is confirmed is in the original article by music arranger guy.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 10:25pm

The Gummer girl for the one with the long hair in the tower!!!

[kieranbec]

Posted: 1/31/13 at 10:27pm

BWay Fan: you can't taunt us by saying you know and then not tell us. Out with it.