Just to address some Foster comments:
"People, Meryl Streep is too old. Just because a Hollywood actress can afford to have multiple plastic surgeries doesn't mean she's not still 60."
-- I don't claim to know the woman, but I don't think she's had work done. It seems kind of presumptious to just state it as fact. If you've ever seen her in person, or even on TV interviews, sure, she looks great for 60, but she certainly has her share of wrinkles and signs of her age; she's no Bernadette Peters. Just because everyone in "Mamma Mia" was so caked with makeup and shot with vaseline-over-the-lens cinematography doesn't mean she's had plastic surgery. --
"Barbara has a 14 year old daughter. It just won't work. She needs to start playing roles her own age. It's not like she's some unknown actress and people don't know her real age."
-- It's 2008. It's hardly unheard of for people to have kids in their early-to-mid 40s. And considering Amy Morton is only a couple years younger than Streep, your nitpick seems especially bitchy. --
"The most realistic possibility, and I doubt this would even happen, would be Oscar winner Estelle Parsons playing Violet in the movie. If they want the film to make money -- which of course they do (what other reason would there be for making it into a film?) -- then they'll cast recognizable names with Hollywood credit."
-- Oscar winner, sure. Great actress, sure. But Parsons is not a name most Americans recognize, let alone one that will draw them to a theater. --
"Kathy Bates has played this role time and time again. I'd like to see an actress play Mattie Fae who can bring something new to the table. It would just be the same old, same old with Kathy Bates. She is the obvious choice because she always plays fat, slobby women. The role needs someone who can bring some humanity to the role toward the end of the story."
-- While the other comments were wrong-headed, this one is outright offensive and, dare I say it, stupid. Saying Kathy Bates always plays "fat, slobby women" is akin to saying Keira Knightley always plays "skinny, pretty, disaffected" women. You're describing aesthetics, not definitions of character. Kathy Bates has played an extremely diverse set of roles -- have you only seen her in "About Schmidt" and assume she always plays slobby loudmouths? See "Misery," "Dolores Claiborne," "The Waterboy," "Titanic," "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Dick Tracy," "A Home of Our Own." Were all these roles the same because she played a fat woman in all of them?
I personally think she would make a fantastic Mattie Faye, and if you don't think she could bring the "humanity" the character needs at the end of the story, please rent "Primary Colors," where her colorful liberal lesbian character transforms from comic relief into the tragic broken heart of the film. Sorry to ramble, but you really should have a vague idea of an actress's capabiity or body of work before you dismiss and denegrate her. --
Updated On: 8/8/08 at 06:01 PM
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