Maggie Gyllenhaal in "South Pacific"?

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 5:36pm

I'm surprised this isn't posted already, unless I'm blind and/or the search feature isn't working. But there was a little blurb in the Daily News this morning (sorry, I don't have a link) reporting this rumor.

[TapTapTapioca]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 5:40pm

I think she would be great in it acting wise. I don't know if she can sing...

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 5:42pm

What ever happened to Scarlett?

[dididda]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 5:42pm

see the film happy endings. oh yes, she can sing. i quite enjoy this idea. i like it alot more than scarlett j. however, my top choice remains kelli

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 5:42pm

It also said she had turned down something, and for the life of me, I can't remember what. That'll teach me to have wine with lunch. But I'm thinking it was "Pygmalion."

(eta: and that SJ had turned down the same part) Updated On: 6/14/07 at 05:42 PM

[D2]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 5:43pm

That's a very interesting, fresh idea for the role, and I'll bet she'd be terrific. Yes, she can sing.

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 5:48pm

I still say bring back Toni Collette!

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 6:02pm

She's the right age, she has a great emotive voice, and she can actually ACT. I'm all for it.

[Weez]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 6:30pm

I think Scarlett Johanssen frequently wants to do theatre but is frequently put off by the MASSIVE pay cut it would entail. Which suits me just dandy, because I have an irrational hatred of the woman. :3

[keen on kean]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 6:31pm

Shame about "Pygmalion" if that part of the rumor is true. I can see Maggie G. playing Eliza to the hilt.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 6:47pm

OK, Toni Collette is one of my favorite actresses but I think she's completely wrong for this part. She would be more fitting in the CABARET revival or even the GUYS & DOLLS revival if Krakowski can't commit to it.
Kelli O'Hara would be a major bore as Nellie.
I like the Gyllenhaal idea as well as most of the other actresses that have been rumored (the true rumors not the Victoria Clark ones).

[worrell4077]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 9:32pm

I don't know how long she's filming, but she's currently playing Rachel in The Dark Knight, but if she was going to be in it, she would probably be done before then.

[FallintoLight]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 9:43pm

I still think Erin Dilly should be Nellie! She was GREAT on the tour!

[broadway86]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 9:56pm

Gyllenhaal would be a fantastic Nellie.

And I'm not talking about Maggie...






But, seriously, she'd rock the house. Imagine her doing "A Wonderful Guy" or "Honey Bun"!

[Heybeenfood]

Posted: 6/14/07 at 10:07pm

How about Erin Davie?

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:01am

ray-andallthatjazz86, Toni as Sally Bowles would rock!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:50am

Kelli is still in the mix.
But I would rather see a fresher face.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:52am

Filming for Dark Knight might be over by the time this production rolls around, I hope she can grab this opportunity.

And as for Toni, wow she'd need to get her butt back onstage and play Sally Bowles.

Updated On: 6/15/07 at 12:52 AM

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 1:49am

We could have TWO Gyllenhaal's on Broadway at the same time!

[antonijan]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 2:40am

what's a :3

[C is for Company]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 2:44am

A buttface. Two eyes over an ass.

Hah, I'm joking, but that is seriously what I think when I see that.

Updated On: 6/15/07 at 02:44 AM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 2:46am

Toni would be a brilliant Sally Bowles indeed Though I think the idea came from someone on the CABARET revival thread and it became my new obsession (along with Krakowski as Miss Adelaide in GUYS & DOLLS).
I would love for Erin Davie to play Nellie but it sounds like they are looking for stars, and unfortunately, Davie is not a name yet but I trust that with her immense talents she is not too far from getting there. Maybe she can understudy the role though.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 7:47am

It's not much of a blind item.

"Both Anne Hathaway and Maggie Gyllenhaal have passed on the lead role of Broadway-bound 'Pygmalion,' we hear, but we may see the gamine Gyllenhaal onstage yet, as Nellie Forbush in 'South Pacific.'"

[avab802]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 9:14am

I think Scarlett Johanssen frequently wants to do theatre but is frequently put off by the MASSIVE pay cut it would entail.

Doesn't she know you don't do theater for the money? When you are a film actor, you make a foray into theater for the prestige. To show people that you are a "real" actor. Silly movie star.

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:34am

Oh, thanks, YF. That's the blurb I was referencing.

And that's right, it wasn't Scarlett Johanssen but Anne Hathaway that also turned down "Pygmalion." I get all these young actresses who are rumored to be in every damn Broadway-bound production mixed up.