Into the Woods Official Movie Thread- Page 6
Into the Woods Official Movie Thread
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#125Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/7/13 at 9:49pmIsn't he too young to be The Baker, though? How long have they been trying to have a baby, five months?
#126Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/7/13 at 10:19pmHe's 25, which might be too young for the baker, but he could still be cinderella's prince.
#127Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/7/13 at 11:42pmLet's be honest. Zac Efron is cute as a button, but an amazing actor he is not. He's never really done much for me. We might be able to play one of the princes, but I've never found him that funny and the princes should be funny.
eglea77
Swing Joined: 1/7/10
#128Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/7/13 at 11:44pmOUCH! *Meryl runs/hides in the corner weeping*
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#129Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 12:58am
I know people want Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway to stay away from this film, but both of them would like to do more movie musicals. Who knows. Maybe they do have their eyes on this project and it would be nice to see Anne and Meryl reunite.
https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a451304/hugh-jackman-i-want-to-do-another-musical-movie.html
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Anne-Hathaway-Wants-to-Do-More-Musicals-After-LES-MIS-But-Says-No-to-Singing-Career-20130209
#130Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 1:16am
I think Anne is too young for the Wife and Hugh is way too hot. The Baker should be dim, cute. Billy Crystal maybe, in his hey day.
Melissa McCarthy would be a hoot but it's almost too easy.
#131Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 10:09amNeil Patrick Wilson Harris as the two princes.
#132Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 10:24am
That took me a second.
More coffee, please!
#133Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 11:48amJackman is completely wrong for the Baker. He doesn't need to be involved in this, neither does Hathaway. If anything, I wonder if Samantha Barks is now being considered for Cinderella, but part of me also imagines that Marshall might just not want to hire anyone involved in LES MIS to avoid any connections/comparisons. I do wish they'd announce some cast members already!
"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"
random person 112
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/11
#134Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 12:06pmDo you think there is any hope of someone like Laura Benanti or Michelle Dockery as the Bakers wife. Both aren't mega stars but are on successful tv shows.
BeadleDeedle
Featured Actor Joined: 10/10/12
#137Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 12:57pm
Streep would make a much better Jack's Mother, which isn't a bad role at all.
Also, didn't Amy Adams play the Baker's Wife recently (I have been away from the Broadway Scene for a while)? How was she? If she was good in the role, I would think she would have a great chance of getting cast. She's famous right?
Updated On: 2/10/13 at 12:57 PM
#138Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 2:17pm
Amy Adams is definitely A list, if not A-.
I love her but I don't know if she's right for the part. Her voice was nice in Enchanted, but I wouldn't say it was great.
#139Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 2:18pmAmy Adams was AWFUL as the Baker's Wife!!!!!
#140Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 4:02pmI have to agree. I didn't like Amy Adams that much in the role. She didn't completely embarrass herself, but she didn't land most of the laughs. Maybe she'd be better with more rehearsal time and the use of multiple takes on film, but I'm not wild about her being in the film. I usually like her, too, but she really is more of a Cinderella type.
#141Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 4:03pmI love Amy Adams but like the rest of that production, she completely missed the mark.
#142Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 6:33pm
I felt the same way. It all seemed like it should have worked and yet, it didn't. It wasn't as a big a disaster as the 2002 revival, but it did nothing for me.
I'm just grateful we'll always have the OBC. No matter how many times they re-write, re-structure, or miscast the show, there will always be that to come back to. I wish more shows had that.
theatergeek3
Stand-by Joined: 2/9/13
#143Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/10/13 at 7:10pmI am soooo excited for this movie! ITW is one of my favorite musicals! I was Jack's Mother in it. Allison Janney is going to be GREAT in that part! I heard Nina Arianda is going to be the Baker's Wife but I think it should be Amy Adams. I saw her in the 2012 revival and she was really good. I think Anna Camp would be a really good stepsister too but as of now the sisters are Tammy Blanchard & Megan Hilty who I'm sure will also be great.
#144Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/11/13 at 9:25amAdams seemed like a good choice, she's very versatile and can be funny but it seems like most critics (both here and on the national papers) thought she was miscast. I've said on this thread and every other INTO THE WOOD movie thread that in my opinion the role needs to be cast with someone who's ridiculously funny but who has the range to pull off the no no-sense quality of the role and her frustration with the life she has with the Baker (is she basically what happens to Dot after getting married to Louis the baker?). That's why the likes of Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig should be at the top of their list over typical Hollywood starlets.
"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"
#145Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/11/13 at 9:52amI think I mentioned this on another thread, or possibly earlier in this thread, but I think Nicole Parker would be perfect as the Baker's Wife.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#146Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/11/13 at 11:09amMadbrian, Parker might be good in a high profile theatre production either in NY or elsewhere. Honestly, I've only seen her in THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE and she was one of the weak links (in a production where only Donna Murphy--who'd have been a great Baker's Wife herself around the time of the original production--came out relatively unscathed, so I assume that's hardly her best work). I thought she was hilarious in the LES MIS spoof she did recently, so I get where you're coming from. I assume that for this film they'll want some major stars in the principal roles, I'd love the idea of Nina Arianda of course, but I imagine she'll get passed over for bigger stars.
"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"
gcal
Leading Actor Joined: 10/19/04
#147Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/11/13 at 11:39amWhat about Debra Messing for the Baker's wife?
Plexsis
Stand-by Joined: 9/29/04
#149Into the Woods Movie Cast
Posted: 2/11/13 at 12:09pmIt's got to be Sandra Bullock. Nobody else can play the part of The Bakers Wife. It's as simple as that.
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