Looks like Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film Is Gonna Happen Sooner Rather than Later- Page 8
Looks like Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film Is Gonna Happen Sooner Rather than Later
#175Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 9:29am
Bette was truly awful in Gypsy, but as the Witch, I could see her hammy acting working pretty well. She was a hoot in Hocus Pocus. I just don't know if she's pretty enough. You really need someone movie star gorgeous for the part, IMO.
Isabella Rosellini is a fascinating idea from an acting/beauty standpoint, but I'll never forget her singing in a version of Red Riding Hood with Craig T. Nelson from the 80's. She was pretty terrible. With some auto tune she could sound passable, but not up to par for the Witch, even with different keys.
#176Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 9:41am
There is nothing remotely right about Bette Midler as the Witch.
You might as well have said Abe Vigoda.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#177Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 1:32pmWhat do you all think of Carly Rose Sonenclar or Rachel Crow as Little Red Riding Hood?
#178Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 1:36pm
Besty, I love you.
I really think that the Anna Kendrick, Sarah Hyland, Logan Lerman casting was just about perfect (on paper, no idea how they were at the actual reading). I don't think Marshall needs to mess with that cast. Hyland might be hard to get given her MODERN FAMILY duties, but she'd be so so good in the role, she's developed a great knack for comedy lately and she was lovely in GREY GARDENS on Broadway.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#179Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 1:45pmI think I'll only truly be happy with Michelle Pfeiffer in that role.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#180Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 2:54pmI also advocate a return to dubbing over singing.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#181Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 3:46pmI wouldn't mind Carly Rose Sonneclare since she is pretty mature for 13 years old, but I wish she were a little older. What I like about Sarah Hyland is that she's young, but Little Red isn't a little girl. At least that's my vision.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#182Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 5:07pm
"Bette was truly awful in Gypsy"
I agree. I personally would like her to stay away because I don't think it's worth the risk.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#183Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 8:12pmLOL! I just died looking at those pictures!
#184Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 10:10pmMe too! Thank you, qolbinau! Those were priceless and a great reminder of why Bette Midler needs to stay far away from this project (sorry, Jordan, you know I think you're awesome).
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#185Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 10:17pmWell I love her and I loved her in GYPSY and I don't apologize for that. :)
#186Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/26/12 at 10:00amray, of those three you mention, Anna Kendrick was the only one who actually participated in the reading. Taylor Trensch was Jack and Casey Whyland was Little Red.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#187Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/26/12 at 10:06amTrensch was so horribly bad in BARE, I can't even imagine how he would butcher the role of Jack.
#188Rob Marshall's INTO THE WOODS Film: Sooner rather than later?
Posted: 12/26/12 at 11:48am
Ha, somethingwicked, I totally made that up then, maybe got confused between the many "wish lists" people have posted and the actual cast from the reading. Thanks for the correction 
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
