Into the Woods Official Movie Thread — Page 76

I was all for giving Sophia Grace the benefit of the doubt, but I am glad they ended up going the safer route.

Here's a video clip of "The Slipper and the Rose" from 1977, you can see Annette Crosbie as the fairy godmother. She was delightful. Should make a great Granny for Little Red.

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Updated On: 9/16/13 at 02:02 PM

Here's a photo of him:



He was in "Sightseers," and he has a decent list of British credits.


IMDb.com - Richard Glover

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Annette Crosbie is a treasure. I'm really glad she'll be in this!



IMDb.com - Annette Crosbie

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Updated On: 9/16/13 at 02:49 PM

One of the things I love about Frances de la Tour is that she can be very imposing and almost frightening, and at the same time, completely sympathetic.

She's such a great choice for the Giant's Wife.

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So nobody from the OBC will be in this. That kinda sorta sucks big time.

I thought it was a nice touch in Chicago and Dreamgirls.

But Mama Mia!, Hairspray, Nine, Sweeney Todd, etc., didn't have them.

EDIT: Beyond Bernadette and Joanna, it wouldn't really make sense to movie audiences. At least those two have film credits. Maybe they tried, and they both said no.

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Updated On: 9/16/13 at 03:35 PM

As far as Lilla's weight ... yes, in the screenplay I read, it describes Little Red as "a small, plump, little girl," but that doesn't mean it's the Bible.

She needs to eat like a pig in the opening scenes, and maybe they will go so far as to pad Lilla's costume a bit. She has a round face, and hopefully it's good enough for the part.

I have always thought a skinny Little Red made no sense based on the writing.

I also think that her "appetite" should be every bit as voracious as the Wolf's "appetite," which helps them play off each other.

"It was a full day of eating for both." (Actually, that line doesn't even survive, since there's no narrator.)

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Danielle Ferland wasn't that fat, she just had layers of costume.

And no one actually refers to her size, but rather her appetite.

Btw, Sightseers is a great movie. I don't know if it's available in Region 1 format but it's worth seeking out.

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Little Red

I have to say the only thing that makes me more than a bit uncomfortable is that a 10-year-old has to go through the notion of being cast in a huge movie musical from Disney, then somewhere into the rehearsal process, she finds out that she is being replaced.

Yes, "that's show biz."

And that's life. But it's an extremely hard lesson to learn at such a tender age.

That little girl is growing up fast. I'm sure her "trust level" is very low as a result. About everything.

Yes, she "knows things now, many valuable things ..."

EDIT: I'm pretty sure in guessing that many of you out there remember that there's an enormous difference between 10 and 12 years of age. I was assuming that, because of the audition process, Sophia Grace had proven wise beyond her years. That she was (at least) able to "act" that she "knew things now" and convince everyone involved. Apparently, that is not the case.


And ray, I agree with your examples ... but all of those movies were made within a decade of the original Broadway production, some within just a few years, and the actors who went from the Broadway show to the film adaptation were playing the same roles. It's different than an "aged" cameo ... but it's also different in that "Into the Woods" (and Chicago, too) were made over two decades after their original runs.

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Updated On: 9/16/13 at 06:33 PM

If Lilla is closer to puberty than Sophia Grace was, that's even better! Then we we can have the sexual awakening subtext again!

You know something I also hope they don't do in this is what they did in some of the revivals, and that was Jack and the Baker climbing Rapunzel's tower to kill the Giantess. Because Rapunzel's tower was supposed to be so tall you could only get to the top by climbing Rapunzel's hair. If you could climb up it easily, it would defeat the plot point of the Prince and Rapunzel not being able to leave the tower together.

Updated On: 9/16/13 at 10:22 PM