Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 8:42am
I've searched around for this but couldn't find an answer:
Which actress was originally cast as Constanza and why did she step down?
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Updated On: 11/4/21 at 08:42 AM
#2AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 8:44am
Dollypop said: "I've searched around for this but couldn't find an answer:
Which actress was originally cast as Costanza and why did she step down?"
Meg Tilly was originally cast. I don’t remember why she dropped out, I’m thinking maybe she got injured? But that might not be right. But I know it was Meg Tilly.
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#3AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 8:54amYes, according to IMDb Meg Tilly tore a leg ligament in a street soccer game the day before she was due to start filming. They had to hurry and replace her and get her replacement to Prague for filming.
<-- Tevye, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, March 2018
#4AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 9:20amCriterion is rumored to be releasing this in the next year. Exciting. :)
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#5AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 9:51am
Indeed it is. The 4K transfer is gorgeous and it includes the audio commentary by director Milos Forman and playwright/screenwriter Peter Shaffer recorded around 2007-2008.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 10:21am
I was at the Alec Baldwin production of EQUUS at the John Drew Theater in East Hampton a few years ago and was visiting the cast afterwards when someone called out, "Is anyone driving past the Maidstone Arms? Peter needs a ride." That was on my way home so I volunteered not knowing that "Peter" was actually Sir Peter Shaffer. He was absolutely delightful company on the short ride.
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Updated On: 11/4/21 at 10:21 AM
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#7AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 10:24am
Broadway Bob* said: "Dollypop said: "I've searched around for this but couldn't find an answer:
Which actress was originally cast as Costanza and why did she step down?"
Meg Tilly was originally cast. I don’t remember why she dropped out, I’m thinking maybe she got injured? But that might not be right. But I know it was Meg Tilly."
Thank you.
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#8AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 10:53am
Dollypop said: "Broadway Bob* said: "Dollypop said: "I've searched around for this but couldn't find an answer:
Which actress was originally cast as Costanza and why did she step down?"
Meg Tilly was originally cast. I don’t remember why she dropped out, I’m thinking maybe she got injured? But that might not be right. But I know it was Meg Tilly."
Thank you.
"
Interesting to see the love for it here. I think it too easily reads as a(n inaccurate) Life of Mozart, whereas the stage show makes it very clear we are likely seeing the delusions of an aging Salieri. The theme of jealousy and the idea that the Salieri/Mozart relationship is merely a metaphor for exploring that state is much more clearly conveyed in the stage version.
#9AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 10:54amIs it the theatrical version that’s getting this release? Cause it’s yet to have an HD one despite being the superior cut.
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SeanD2
Stand-by Joined: 5/2/17
#10AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 11:10am
NameGreg said: "Is it the theatrical version that’s getting this release? Cause it’s yet to have an HD one despite being the superior cut."
Rumor is it will include both cuts
#11AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 11:20am
SeanD2 said: "NameGreg said: "Is it the theatrical version that’s getting this release? Cause it’s yet to have an HD one despite being the superior cut."
Rumor is it will include both cuts"
I never knew there were two cuts. Haven't seen the movie since its initial release.
#12AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 11:30am
They eliminated a minor subplot about a possible patron whose daughter might be one of Mozart's students were it not for a dog problem. (That's the most I can say without risking spoilers.)
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#13AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 12:11pm
g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "They eliminated a minor subplot about a possible patron whose daughter might be one of Mozart's students were it not for a dog problem. (That's the most I can say without risking spoilers.)"
Ah, okay. Thanks. Sounds like a comic subplot? Was that created specifically for the film? I don't remember that in the stage version, but I haven't read the script in a couple of decades, either.
#14AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 12:19pmWhere did you find that cover?? I keep fairly up-to-date on Criterion releases but I haven’t seen anything confirming that artwork or an upcoming release of Amadeus at all.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#15AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 12:48pmA friend works at Criterion so he’s privy to things being worked on, including this release. He sends me advance artwork on the releases he’s excited about. He has no speculated date on this one yet but I believe they are still filming people for a new featurette that will be included.
#16AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 1:02pmThe art leaked on Reddit a few weeks ago. It is also subject to change.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#17AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 2:30pm
Any other director would have cast this entirely with English performers.
Luckily, Milos Foreman loved American actors and the entire cast were pretty much unknowns. Filmmakers working on this scale today would be forced to cast movie stars in the roles. All of them.
BTW, Diane Franklin was also under consideration for Costanza after Meg Tilly was injured.
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Updated On: 11/4/21 at 02:30 PM
MCfan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/06
#18AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 4:14pm
Not to be pedantic, but it's Constanze. Frau Mozart wasn't a Seinfeld character. 
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#19AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 4:57pm
Borstalboy said: "BTW, Diane Franklin was also under consideration for Costanza after Meg Tilly was injured."
The WIkipedia page for Elilzabeth Berridge clams Berridge says on a DVD that Franklin didn't get the part because Franklin was "too pretty" Berridge - note 4.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 5:04pmBerridge is the weak link in the film. It's as though she's never acted before in her life and looks very uncomfortable in the period costumes.
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Swing Joined: 8/20/21
#21AMADEUS movie
Posted: 11/4/21 at 8:07pm
Elizabeth McGovern was also reportedly considered. She screen tested for Constanze, and is, I believe, the other actress Elizabeth Berridge refers to, who was deemed "too beautiful" for the part. I can see that, as she was quite lovely back in those days. But she was also a far better actress.
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