Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius in Doubt film — Page 3

The Ant Bully (2006) (voice) .... Queen Ant
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) .... Miranda Priestly
The Music of Regret (2006) .... The Woman
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) .... Yolanda Johnson
Prime (2005) .... Lisa Metzger
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) .... Aunt Josephine
... aka Lemony Snicket - Rätselhafte Ereignisse (Germany)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) .... Eleanor Shaw
"Angels in America" (2003) (mini) TV Series .... The Rabbi/Hannah Pitt/Ethel Rosenberg/The Angel of Australia
The Hours (2002) .... Clarissa Vaughan
Adaptation. (2002)

Meryl had 2 releases in '02 - both of which were ensemble pieces (and neither really main-stream.)
1 release in '03 - which was for cable.
2 in '04 - which were for COMPLETELY different demographics.
1 in '05
And of the 4 in 'o6, one was only voice work, one no one heard of or saw, one was completely ensemble - and then the ONE film that everyone has talked about connected with her.

One film in the last 4 years that had everyone talking about HER - and only 10 projects total in 4 years (with all of the above qualifiers.)

I'm sorry - where's the Meryl backlash coming from? Based on what? If you don't like her to begin with, that's one thing - but what's all the overexposure talk based on?

Updated On: 2/19/07 at 01:29 PM

Thank you DG, exactly. She's a great actress, and with 200 or more movies every year, her being in 2 or 3 is not overexposure. She has settled into a nice run of ensemble roles, and is thought of as the star of some of these films based on her name, not the size of her role. And she's still picking great parts, because, outside of Prime, all these films did well critically.

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I guess I can understand a reaction to her name being attached to a lot that's in current or future production, but that really doesn't have any relation to what the future release schedule will end up being.

This just in - they're changing it from a drama to a musical comedy

Sister Aloysius will still be played by Meryl..

Sister James will be played by Amanda Bynes hot off her role as Penny in Hairspray

Father Flynn will be played by Justin Timberlake

and Mrs. Muller will be played by Queen Latifah

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Eh in a lot of those movies she's not a huge role.

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well, she's back full force after being in that age gap where actresses, even talented disappear because they're too old to play the wife anymore and too young to play the mother

I don't think Meryl could ever turn down a part, even in a bad movie and seriously, who wouldn't want Meryl in his/her movie? I know if I was going to direct anything where she could fit even in a small part, I'd harass her agents until she'd say yes.

I still think it's a shame that Broadway actors are not held in a higher regard by producers and that every time a movie is made off a play, they are traded off for a big celeb but if they could all be done with Meryl, I'd be happy...

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I don't think Sally Field would be strange at all - I think she'd be perfect.

It might be a little difficult to convince her to put a habit back on, though

Actually, you're right. I still don't think she's a Streep talent, but after seeing a few clips on Youtube, she's better than I thought she was at dramatic roles.

I wish I could have seen Cherry Jones reprise her role though.

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I think Streep is a great choice. You know the studio was going to pick a big name to play the part, at least they got an excellent actress to do it. Be happy the role is in the hands of a respectable artist who will do everything she can to make it powerful. Streeps take on the role will be very different I feel, but equally as good.

Spacedog - there've always been those who haven't liked her technique. Katherine Hepburn, for one, couldn't stand her acting style.

I love Streep, but not for Doubt. I would much prefer Jones. Sure Streep is wonderful in everything she does, but does that mean she has to do everything? No doubt Leonardo DiCaprio will play Father Flynn, Gwyneth as Sister James, and just to give her another shot, Beyonce as Mrs. Muller.

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It is a shame Hollywood is so hung up on names

Jones should have reprised her role in the film

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