Into the Woods Official Movie Thread — Page 10

Really? That's the point of those characters?

Oh!! Because he couldn't get it up!

I get it now!!

Sarah Jessica Parker for the wife!!!!

I don't know why I never thought of her before!

Well, Jordan, it makes sense if they're going with the "they're childless because he couldn't get it up for her" subtext that we have just found out about.

She's an A- lister, she can sing, she's old enough to like she's screwed if she hasn't had children by now...

SJP as the Baker's Wife would be one of the few things that would keep me away from a film version of Into The Woods.

"But hey... if you want SJP, why not her real hubby as the baker?"

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

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I think Ed Helms would be pretty great as the Baker.

Saw Reese Witherspoon the other day and thought to myself that she might make for an interesting baker's wife.

Can she sing? That's the most important thing in my book.

Reese is a pretty decent singer. She could probably handle the score quite well. She used to be a pretty dependable, quirky, hilarious actress who'd be perfect for a role like this. She started taking dull mainstream roles after Legally Blonde. I still think she has it in her to knock this role out of the park.

I'd always like Sandra Bullock, Kristen Wiig, Lauren Graham, or Melissa McCarthy, though. Those are my top choices.

Her own singing in Walk the Line, playing a singer, was very impressive. If she can sing June Carter she can certainly handle the Baker's Wife vocally, but what really excites me about her for the role is the crackerjack irony, warmth (maybe that's not her rep offscreen but onscreen she's got it!) and down to earth common sense she has brought to many of her roles, which would be a perfect fit for this. it's exactly what made Gleason's performance so unforgettable and exactly what has often been lacking in other attempts to bring life to this role.

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Driver would be a better fit as the Witch in a stage revival. Unfortunately, for some inexplicable reason, her career has largely stalled, no way they'd hire her to headline a film this huge, especially after PHANTOM was such a huge mess of a movie on just about every level.
If they do get Witherspoon, I hope she steps up her game, there was a time she was great in all her films but after she won the Oscar she hasn't given a single memorable acting turn. The debacle THIS MEANS WAR left me with no desire to see one of her films in a long time, a LEGALLY BLONDE/ELECTION Witherspoon would be fantastic in this, but she hasn't been that good in a very very long time.

I like the Kristen Wiig idea, but I don't think she'll be approached in a million years.
That's not really true. Marshall was considering Wiig for the lead in the THIN MAN re-make that was shelved in favor of fast-tracking INTO THE WOODS, I'm sure she was seen for this role as well. Her or Melissa McCarthy would be my top choices. Though of course I'd never say no to Toni Collette being cast in anything, something tells me she'll once again get passed over in favor of bigger names though, especially now that she's gonna try to go back to TV.

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