Into the Woods Official Movie Thread — Page 34

My thoughts exactly.

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

I pick Whoopi!

If anna Kendrick doesn't play Cinderella, who do you realistically want to see? If she could act, we know Katherine Jenkins could sing it and bring some legitimacy. Also, she is BEAUTIFUL!

Laura and Sierra would be so fun as the Stepsisters! Maybe, depending on the Little Red and Jack, they could use one of them or someone else from the Broadway world as Cinderella?

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If the actress can play 13/14/15, I don't see a big problem casting an 11 year old to play Little Red. It's all about the implications, and not really the sexuality.

I have a strong feeling they are going to cast a Broadway actress for Cinderella if Anna doesn't work out. I really can't think of any Hollywood actress who could sing Cinderella.

If anna Kendrick doesn't play Cinderella, who do you realistically want to see? If she could act, we know Katherine Jenkins could sing it and bring some legitimacy. Also, she is BEAUTIFUL!


She was in an episode of Doctor Who and was pretty bland, I thought. That may have just been what she had to work with for her character, but who knows?

I know her name makes the palm hit the face after the Phantom movie, but what about Emmy Rossum? She's more known now than then, with Shameless.

Kristin Bell could work as Cinderella, I was watching Refeer Madness yesterday, and I quite liked her performance.

Laura and Sierra are perfect for the stepsisters.

The little girl in the video seems nice, but I was hoping for Lilla as Little red, and now that we know Bernadette is not playing Jacks mother, she would be perfect as her granny.

That would be one damn youthful looking Granny, though.

Seriously, how does Bernadette look so good at 65?!?

Updated On: 6/16/13 at 05:50 PM

What about Laura Osnes for Cinderella? She's a pro at it....but in honesty I think Little Red, Jack, and Cinderella should all be unknowns since they're sorta the "Children" characters and the adults can be famous.

She's not one of the children, but she's certainly the youngest adult (aside from maybe Rapunzel).

That's why I like her awkwardness in the scene before No One Is Alone.

She's not sure what she is at that point, but her maternal instincts take over. She goes from youthful ingenue to "Mom" in an instant.



EDIT: I also love the ending, where Cinderella essentially takes on the mother role of this new family unit. She is not a love interest for the Baker, but she becomes a mother to his baby anyway. This to me, is such a wonderful representation of a modern family in today's world. They are a family (the Baker, Cinderella, Jack, Little Red, and the baby) because they choose to be together, not because they have to be. It's an "unconventional" assembly, which is exactly what I love about it.

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Updated On: 6/16/13 at 06:27 PM

I love Mandy Moore as a personality but have hated her attempts at musical theatre. ...That said, however, I would not hate to see her as Cinderella. Granted, I would appreciate Kendrick more. While I LOVE Boggess and Osnes and believe BOTH would be fabulous, Mandy could be a lovely balance of name versus chops.

Just... please... no Jewel. No.

She is one of the children, even the baker is technically "one of the children" but he's already cast.... But Into the Woods is centered around several child/parent relationships for the most part (jack/mother, rapunzal/the witch). In No One Is Alone, she acts maternal because she is forced into the situation...at least that's my take on it