I love Matthew McConaughey, but I would go with Cummerbatch because of his deep voice and "quiet elegance" that I think fits Atticus better than McConaughey's persona.
Both would be good though. And McConaughey has surprised me before.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Saw To Kill A Mockingbird at the Guthrie in Minneapolis this fall, very good production but I couldn't see this lasting long without a relatively well know star, I just don't think people would come to New York just to see this show, but I could be wrong.
On one hand, I do find it exciting that it would be coming to Broadway with such high profile talent involved.
That being said, right now I can't see Sorkin as the right fit for it. I'm sure the courtroom scenes would crackle but the story is more about the relationship within the family and the time and the place more than Atticus the lawyer. I don't know how much of small town family life Sorkin has done so he may surprise me. I'm not saying the writer has to be southern (although I would love that) but just able to understand the nuances of the story and the town. Horton Foote was a great choice for the screenplay.
For casting, they need someone who can do a credible southern accent. Some folks can barely do an American and I would cringe at the thought of someone sounding like Jackie Gleason in the Smokey & the Bandit movies or worse yet Foghorn Leghorn.
^ The hardest part for him is that this heavy, weighty, dramatic story of injustice and racism is all being told through the eyes of a child.
The risk is excessively pandering to the concept or patronizing it or just missing it all together and neutralizing what is so special about the simplicity regarding a very complex situation.
Harper Lee and Horton Foote got it just right.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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