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Can we put a moratorium on Meryl also? I know she's a great actress, and she's been wonderful in everything she's been cast in, but right now her name seems to be the first name to pop up for female characters of a certain age for everything. Musicals, straight plays, movie musicals, movie adaptations of plays, etc.
Same thing for African-American female leads in movie musicals. think Queen Latifah/Dana Owens has played them all (though I'm a little surprised she didn't pop up in "Dreamgirls" somewhere.)
Too late as I hear both Anne and Hugh are in talks for a big screen remake of THE KING & I with Samantha Barks and Eddie Redmayne as Tuptim and Lun-Tha respectively. Helena Bonham Carter has been tapped to essay the role of "Lady Thiang", Russell Crowe is the "Kralahome", Daniel Huttlestone will be "Louis Leonowens".
Under no circumstance should he go anywhere near that project. I think he is very talented but he is not right for any of the roles in Into the Woods. The same goes for Neil Patrick Harris.
I'm going to expand this list to include all the recent actors who simply have no business being in musicals:
Johnny Depp Helena Bonham Carter Daniel Day Lewis Dame Judi Dench Marion Cotillard Nicole Kidman Pierce Brosnan Amanda Seyfreid Michelle Pfiefer Antonio Banderas