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Seth Rudetsky/Lilla Crawford#3
Posted: 3/11/19 at 8:46am

As I recall, the only confirmation of Sophia Grace Brownlee's casting in Into the Woods came from her publicist, she was never included in any press materials from Disney or mentioned by Rob Marshall. Then, when she was "fired" that only came from her father (and again maybe her publicist); again, no word or comment from Disney or Rob Marshall. It always felt like some big scheme to try to force Disney's hand, and they just didn't play along.

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Seth Rudetsky/Lilla Crawford#4
Posted: 3/11/19 at 10:03am

Perhaps he helped Lilla get in the room, but (as has been talked about in any thread involving Ben Platt) talent gets you the role. I'm sure they saw dozens of girls for the role and chose the one who they felt was best for it.

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Seth Rudetsky/Lilla Crawford#5
Posted: 3/11/19 at 1:57pm

Seth seems to acknowledge that talent is what gets them the gigs. But, it is neat that he greases the way along for them!

If that's true AEA AGMA SM, then i give the father/publicist a lot of credit for trying to force Disney's hand .... I'm curious why they thought that they that could work, but I dig it. Very juicy!

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Seth Rudetsky/Lilla Crawford#6
Posted: 3/11/19 at 3:49pm

I’m pretty sure there was some official acknowledgement that the creative team realized after she was cast that having a very young child (as Sophia was) in the part didn’t work and that they realized it was a mistake. Maybe it was in an interview with Rob Marshall but I believe it has been discussed by the creative team of the film.

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Seth Rudetsky/Lilla Crawford#7
Posted: 3/11/19 at 4:38pm

Some media coverage when it was announced that Sophia Grace was cast in the INTO THE WOODS film adaptation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU5gj96qI2w

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Seth Rudetsky/Lilla Crawford#8
Posted: 3/11/19 at 5:21pm

QueenAlice said: "I’m pretty sure there was some official acknowledgement that the creative team realized after she was cast that having a very young child (as Sophia was) in the part didn’t work and that they realized it was a mistake. Maybe it was in an interview with Rob Marshall but I believe it has been discussed by the creative team of the film."

Interesting. Thanks. I was curious about this!

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Seth Rudetsky/Lilla Crawford#9
Posted: 3/11/19 at 5:22pm

By the way, going back to the article, I'm curious which other stars Seth has helped!

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