Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."
I'd see it. Just as long as they kept Cherry Jones and Heather Goldenhersh.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
Actually, Eileen Atkins said in an interview that Maggie Smith came to America to see the show when there was an anticipated London mounting. She loved the play but felt that it wouldn't work for London audiences.
If there is a film...don't count her out of the running.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
Wait a minute. Atkins did the show with a thick Irish accent. Did they move it to Ireland? No. I'm sure there can be nuns in America that have English/Irish accents. And who's to say Smith can't pull off an American accent?
Not to say I wouldn't love to see Streep attempt this or see Jones reprise her role on the screen. But, a part of me wants to see Smith sink her teeth into a role she would completely dominate.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
Not bad lildogs. Good choices if they want to sell tickets.
EDIT: I will say this... Cherry stands a SLIM chance of doing the film, if they get a movie star like Hawke (or the like) for the priest. But he'd have to be enough of a draw on his own that they wouldn't worry about the "who's Cherry Jones?" crowd.
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Exactly--Cherry could get in if they use stars in the other roles--like when Shirley Booth did Little Sheba...who's Terry Moore? (ha)or when they replaced Tandy in STREETCAR and used everyone else.
Maggie has never been anything but "British" to me, even when she tries an American accent (with very uneven results). It's as much about her personality and sensibility on screen as it is with the accent. She's a strong British presence, always.
Not that you couldn't change the character to British, but I think it would hurt the impact of this story. Sister Aloysius, and the entire plot of Doubt, is highly symbolic of the American repression of the era, and its lack of faith in humanity.
Angela Bassett would be my first choice for Mrs. Muller, as well. I have no idea who I'd want to see as Aloysius. I really cannot imagine anyone but Cherry playing the part, but I realize that there's hardly any chance of her being offered the role. Just as long as the don't cast someone ludicrous like Nicole Kidman I'll be fine.
If they are going to use 'name celebrities, I'd go with:
Meryl Streep for Sister Aloysius, Ethan Hawke for Father Flynn, Angela Bassett for Mrs Muller, and Zooey Deschanel for Sister James.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Zooey would be a great choice--glad to see Ethan made your cut as well-- i think he or Crudup would be a great choice--I think Flynn should be something of a hottie. They're both names with impressive NYC stage credits....
I could see Hawke or Crudup, and part of me always kind of pictured Robert Sean Leonard as Father Flynn too. I remember some rumblings about Sean Penn a while ago, but I don't like the idea of him at all.
But when did New Hampshire become--Such a backward wasteland of seatbelt hating crazies?...I mean, only 40 people actually live there. The others are just visitors who come for the tax-free liquor and three inches of novelty coastline. John Hodgeman on The Daily Show (1-30-07)
It doesn't matter who you put in this movie, it is not going to be a big box office champ. The plus side is that it will be cheap to make and will potentially be nominated for awards...
I think they will go with someone like Jude Law or Clive Owen for Flynn.
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-Kad
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