It'd really be lovely for Bernadette Peters to play the role but I love the Angela Lansbury idea. Glenn Close has to voice the GIant, right?
Lest we forget, Blunt was also pure genius as Miss Piggy's receptionist in THE MUPPETS.
So true, I disagree about the other performances people have listed but her cameo was one of the best parts about THE MUPPETS.
I dont know if she can sing but the actress who plays sue heck in the middle could work as little red
By the way, for those of you who haven't heard him yet ...
James Corden singing
Wow...I'm kind of impressed!
I'm already a fan of Blunt and Corden as actors, so that's enough for me. And now to realize they can both sing as well...nothing to complain about!
@Princeton Returns, you mean Eden Sher?! I agree. If she can sing, she'd be wonderful. I also think that even though they're very young, any if the Matildas would be wonderful. (Milly Shapiro would be my choice.)
I think casting Johnny Depp as the seductive Wolf would rule out anyone who's Matilda-young. She has to be somewhat knowing of, um, "things" as she will "know things now" after having encountered the Wolf.
I'm not saying they'll cast one of them, I'm just saying they have the talent and the ability to pull it off. I think Eden Sher, the girl from The Middle would be great, if she can sing. Or Bailey Buntain, the blonde who looks like Megan Hilty on Bunheads.
Bailey would be an interesting choice. Does anybody else remember reading about Rob Marshal meeting with Emma Stone at some restaurant a couple of months ago? Word was it was about the character of Little Red.
If Emma can sing, I'd rather see her as Cinderella. She reads too old for Little Red. Also, I have no problem with them skewing younger (13-15) for Little Red. Her incident with the wolf is supposed to be creepy and wrong. She has to have an adult sensibility, though, like Danielle Ferland had.
If they were going with younger, then I say either Isabelle Allen (young Cosette) or Jackie Evancho.
I doubt they would go that young. Come on. This is Disney we're talking about. They are already cutting out the one princess death, I doubt they would have Johnny Depp seducing young Cosette.
I still think Abigail Breslin would be great.
If Depp is the wolf they are going to have to be a little bit careful about Little Red's age. I've never thought of her as really young.
Side note, I wonder if Daniel Radcliffe has been approached about Jack. Maybe?
Unfortunately, I could see Disney cutting the Wolf/Red stuff for fear of the One Million Moms coming after them.
I hope Disney does it in spite of them. It's not the first time Disney/ABC has dealt with OMM.
Unfortunately, I could see Disney cutting the Wolf/Red stuff for fear of the One Million Moms coming after them.
I guarantee you Johnny Depp would never have signed on to play the part if they were going to whittle it down to nothing and sanitize it.
No question about that.
Oh, of course he wouldn't have signed on if the role was smaller. The role is going to be bigger, for sure. I'm just saying it might not be as 'controversial' as it should be (and HOPEFULLY will be).
Updated On: 5/18/13 at 09:54 PM
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I don't think they`ll cut "Hello Little Girl". I`m sure Depp was looking forward to singing that song when he signed on to play the role.
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The wolf and Little Red are a heterosexual pairing. The fifty thousand harpies that comprise One Million Moms only care when it has to do with gay stuff.
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True, Phyllis, but I do recall that they through a fit over that Skittles commercials where the girl is putting the moves on a walrus and the Geico commerical where the pig is on a date with a model.
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OMG Daniel Radcliffe as Jack would be AMAZING. Good call!
Has Hailee Steinfeld been considered for Red?
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