CAST Into the Woods Movie

GLEE!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't think of a Hollywood actor for Baker. Maybe Josh Radnor.

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Sutton Foster would be a great Baker's Wife!
Neil Patrick Harris could make a great Baker as well!

Some of these names would be great for a Broadway revival, but not for a major film.

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I really LOVE the idea of Jason Segal as The Baker! I've always had an unpopular opinion that Zach Galifianakis would be great as The Baker, though. The thing is, he's been type cast as a man-child in Hollywood, so those are all the roles he gets to play. He's really a great serious actor, and can actually sing. I've been following his career since he started, and I saw him at a comedy club not too long ago, and he recognized me. (And before I go on about this, this isn't me bragging about meeting a celebrity and having a conversation - I just want to make that clear.) We got to talking about a lot of things and I asked him if he ever wanted to do a musical and he said "Oh my god, I'd love to, but no one would let me... They're not jokes, ya know?" Then he went on to tell me how he did community theatre for years in his younger days, and how much he loves musicals and that he saw Million Dollar Quartet (I know, jukebox, but still!) several times on Broadway. He's actually a really great actor and very classy man who wants to be taken seriously every once in a while. And I think with the beard, it's a really good look for the character. And I've heard him sing, he's not incredibly strong, but it could definitely work for a film version of Into the Woods. Just for what it's worth.

Michael Caine as The Narrator
Meryl Streep as The Witch (So obvious, but COME ON! She's gotta do Sondheim SOME time!)
Ana Gasteyer as The Baker's Wife
Emily Blunt as Cinderella
Daniel Radcliffe as Jack
Julie Andrews as Jack's Mother
Anna Kendrick as Little Red Riding Hood
Alan Cumming as The Wolf
Dick Van Dyke as The Mysterious Man/Baker's Dad
Mandy Patinkin as The Steward
Carol Burnett as The Giant

Updated On: 1/12/12 at 03:56 AM

What about Kristin Chenoweth as the Witch? She has great comedy chops.

I second Toni Collette for the Baker's Wife, although I think Amy Adams and Kristen Wigg would do well in the part too. I guess it all has to do with how old the Baker and his wife are...are they a young couple...or a much older couple?

Emily Blunt would be a great Cinderella...but so would Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway...plus many others.

I always thought it would be fun to cast Vanessa Williams as the Step Mother and have Beyonce and Solange Knowles as the Step Sisters.

Updated On: 1/12/12 at 04:37 AM

It never ceases to amaze me how people can forget that the actors do not have to actually have a VOICE, just a name. Hollywood has a VERY long history of casting actors who cannot sing a note in leading roles. Check out this video, which was recently brought to my attention by a crazy MF on FB:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wowXaIuWv0

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They would be crazy not to cast Bernadette Peters as the Witch.

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I'd like to see Bette Midler as the witch, if it's not going to be Bernadette.

Zac Effron would fit nicely in this film, as well.

I do kind of love the idea of Marion Cottilard as the Witch because its so unexpected.

I think the film will likely be a super all star affair along the lines of that reading of the proposed film version from the 90s. A lot of the suggestions in this thread are more realistic possibilities for the summer production at the Delacorte.

I guess I never got the NPH appeal, outside of Doogie everything thing just seems to be cynical.


Love to see Jake Gyllenhaal as the Baker. Streep as the Witch, I think Bieber would be awesome. They'll probably cast Amy Adams somewhere, gross.

PS dubbing doesn't matter anymore everything can be fixed in post (ask KeSha).