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CAST Into the Woods Movie
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
NoHSMisNotAMusical
Stand-by Joined: 10/21/11
#276CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/14/12 at 7:52pmLea Michele will announce she wants Red/Cinderella/Baker's Wife/Witch within a few days.
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#277CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/14/12 at 11:46pmWell she just won the prestigious People's Choice Award. It's only a matter of time until she is cast and gettin' that Oscar.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#280CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/15/12 at 1:37pm
Josh Groban just came on Pandora and it hit me that he'd make a fantastic Baker, opposite Hathaway, Adams or Witherspoon. With Pfeiffer, Collette or Winslet as the Witch.
Does Kristin Scott Thomas sing well enough to play the Witch? She'd act the crap out, certainly pull off the switch to gorgeous, and I know she was originally cast as Desiree in Paris but had to leave and was replaced by Greta Scacchi.
Updated On: 1/15/12 at 01:37 PM
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#281CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/15/12 at 3:53pm
Pfeiffer pretty much already did the ugly witch/beautiful witch thing in "Stardust".
Updated On: 1/15/12 at 03:53 PM
NoHSMisNotAMusical
Stand-by Joined: 10/21/11
#282CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/15/12 at 5:55pm
Those Glee brats better stay far far away. Or I'll slice them into a thousand bits.
I said this on one of numerous other threads, but Merle Louise as Granny. Ha ha ha, no one can honestly ay she's too old.
#283CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/15/12 at 10:55pmLaura Linney would also be an amazing Bakers Wife.
mattywhits
Understudy Joined: 5/30/10
#284CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 1:27am
So after the Golden Globes tonight...and seeing Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy together singing...just imagine them as the Baker and his wife.
Just think about Felicity Huffman's "Ah, I pulled it from a maiden in a tower." or "We are moving." or William H. Macy's "I just wanted to make sure you really loved this cape."
Is it just me??
#285CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 3:54amLove the idea of Linney as the Baker's Wife. I actually think Penelope Cruz would have a blast as the Witch.
random person 112
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/11
#286CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 8:38am
Macy has a tv show at the moment for show time, though it only a half season thing, woods would have to work around that. So i don't know how that's going to happen. 
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#287CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 9:24am
Linney as the Baker's Wife is freaking brilliant. Warm, droll, heartbreaking, "no one is alone" generous, light-touch crackerjack funny, "passionate, charming, considerate, clever," - all of those things which made Gleason unforgettable.
Has she ever sung?
On a different note, I agree Macy and Huffman were adorable singing together last night - I could see it.
#288CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 9:25am
They're both too old to be expecting their first baby.
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henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#289CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 9:33am
Best12 it's a fairy tale for goodness's sake! A childless wannabe mother in a fairy tale can be an only slightly premenopausal 50ish actress who looks 40ish. Hell, I know a lot of women on the Upper West Side who fit that description. And as for it being their first baby as opposed to a later one, there's this little matter of a curse explaining why it would be their first - it's rather an important feature of the plot.
More importantly here's Laura singing on youtube. Love her voice and I have no doubt she could do this.
please can I keep it?
Updated On: 1/16/12 at 09:33 AM
#290CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 9:39amIn a fairy tale anything is possible. Even a 60-year-old mother with a Beverly Hills face lift.
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#291CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 9:43am
I love Laura Linney in anything so I would gladly forgive any age issues. And her voice sounds very natural in that clip. I'm sure she would make a terrific Baker's Wife.
Now cast Paul Giamatti as the Baker, and you can have a John Adams reunion!
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random person 112
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/11
#292CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 10:28amSpeaking of sixy year olds with beverly hills face lifts, wheres goldie hawn. Kidding aside she would have terrific in into the woods, as either a bakers wife or a witch. More over, the woman could have actually SUNG it live and been phenomenal. I wish...
#292CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 10:43am
Apparently, Goldie Hawn participated in the first reading back in the 90's. She might be too old now, but back in the day, she would have been perfect.
Felicity Huffman and William H Macy are both inspired casting and are actually quite perfect for the roles acting wise. I loved their little song on the Golden Globes last night. Talk about adorable. They might be too old, but maybe that can add to the tragic nature of the story. They might have been trying for years but they never could have a child because of the curse.
#293CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 11:02am
Don't forget the Baker is supposed to be Rapunzel's older brother.
Do we mean an older sibling by 35 years?
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random person 112
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/11
#294CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 11:41ambest12 i know you'll get on me for this but there can be some very wide age discrepancies in families nowadays, not thirty five years but twenty is not very uncommon any more.
#295CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 11:45amWhich would be fine if this weren't a fairy tale set in the middle ages.
random person 112
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/11
#296CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 11:53amYes jordan but then theres that pesky word, FAIRY TALE=Suspension of disbelief. IF they choose to cast them older the audience will most likely be okay. I'm not saying cast Louise Rainer here, i'm saying there's a little wiggle room in the age department.
#297CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 12:00pmA little is fine but even in a fairy tale musical there is still a believability factor you need to respect.
#298CAST Into the Woods Movie
Posted: 1/16/12 at 12:06pm
Let's say Rapunzel is 17 years old. In the musical she's closer to 15, since she was a baby when she was locked up in the tower. Yes, they can change these ages, how long she's been locked up, etc. But that's how it's written in the source material (for what it's worth).
Even if her "older brother" was as much as 20 years her senior, the Baker would be 35-37 years old.
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