Cynthia Erivo to Star in ‘Prima Facie,’ Film Adaptation- Page 2

[B212323]

Posted: 5/16/23 at 12:13am

The shoot dates conflicted with Wicked

[RippedMan]

Posted: 5/16/23 at 12:35am

The Machine is really trying to make Erivo a thing. 

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 5/16/23 at 1:35am

RippedMan said: "The Machine is really trying to make Erivo a thing."

Desperately! I loved her in The Color Purple and I'd listen to her sing anything, but there's nothing particularly compelling/unique about her performances that would justify taking this away from Comer, who I think is as much if not more of a name?

It must be that Comer passed on it, because she already filmed the dang thing for NT. 

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 5/16/23 at 4:07am

TaffyDavenport said: "I'm just assuming the film adaptation will be more than Cynthia Erivo simply replicating the stage presentation and will have other actors playing the additional characters, in which case I don't need to see Jodie Comer play the role again. The brilliance of the theatrical performance is that it's just her, and I've already seen that (twice), so I don't care if the movie goes in a different direction."

I understand what makes the one-woman performance compelling but I think a film version would have to have other actors playing the different characters and hopefully build up the script. One of my issues with the play was that there was rarely a moment to breathe. I'd hope they could add more depth by making it less chatty and better developing the other characters. If the script doesn't change much, I think it'll fall flat.

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 5/19/23 at 3:14pm

Comer was absolutely offered the role but obviously passed it up. Comer is a name, Erivo is not. Comer made the play, she is the play. It’s likely she’s attached to a role that hasn’t been announced (within the Marvel-verse) which will take up a lot of her time. But let’s not be naive and pretend Comer wasn’t always the planned star of the eventual movie, which was in pre-production before the Broadway run was even announced. 
 

On a slightly different note I always loved that Tess was Northern. It added another layer to the character and now that she’ll likely he a Londoner in the movie it takes away something from her character. 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 5/20/23 at 2:55pm

No TY Cynthia! This is Comer's role. Only reason she's starring is because she's producing!