"Doubt" Film Casting: Mrs. Muller? — Page 2

No one but Hattie McDaniel...
If She had only been given a Coveted role like this,
Love to her Spirit,
and the road she paved for other Actreses of her race.

Kimberly Elise, please! Although, I think she comes off younger than her 40 years on screen.

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I have not seen this play but does she have to be black?

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Why?

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For everyone's sake, Ivan "suck puppet" Wonderful's comments should be ignored and dismissed.

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Ivan: Your opinions aren't really opinions they are just inconsistent thoughts.

I know she is a little young for the role but I really think Thandie Newton could do it.

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I'd like to see someone a little rougher in the role. MRs. Muller has to be able to stand up to Sister Aloysius. I think Angela Bassett is perfect. She was the first one I thought of (especially with names like Streep and Hoffman).

I would NOT like to see Queen Latifah. She's talented but I don't think she's right.

I HATE that they're showing the boy on screen! Part of the reason we "doubt" as an audience, is that we don't have all the pieces of the puzzle in front of us.

It could seriously hurt the impact of the film. It's like showing us the big white rabbit in Harvey. The story doesn't work if you actually see him and know him. (They actually tried that out of town with Harvey and nearly closed the show when it wasn't working. They ultimately removed the white rabbit entirely, left it to the audience's imagination, left the rest of the play exactly as written, and Chase took home a Pulitzer for a play that almost didn't make it to New York.)

This sucks!

As for Mrs. Muller --- Bassett is my top choice, especially locking horns with Streep.

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I think it will be a challenge to show the boy and keep the 'doubt', but I wouldn't say it can't be done.

I would prefer a younger actress to Bassett. I had suggested Chandra Wilson in a prior thread, and I still think she's the best choice.

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I love the idea of Angela Bassett, Marianne Jean-Baptiste or Viola Davis. Kerry Washington, Sanaa Lathan, Jada Pinkett all read a little too young. Even Kimberly Elise and Thandie Newton read young (although Thandie acted the hell outta "John Q". When she got on that phone and told Denzel "DO SOMETHING!", I almost gave that boy MY heart). Alfre Woodard would read a little too old ( that might be because I've seen her play Sanaa Lathan's mother twice). And keep Halle Berry away from this role.

Kimberly Elise is a supremely underrated actress, but so are most of the actresses in this thread, but that's a whole different can of worms entirely...

I vote for Audra.

How about Lynn Whitfield?

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