NINE Casting Update... — Page 3

Because this thread ate the posts, I'll repost:

roscoe, I know you clearly don't like Patti, but you CAN understand everything she says. I could understand her perfectly in Sweeney Todd, and people are saying the same about Gypsy.

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I assume the role is being re-conceived for the screen adaptation. Katie Holmes just doesn't have the acting chops nor the screen presence to co-star next to an Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, or Ewan McGregor. And who in their right mind would consider Holmes his goddess of inspiration when your wife is Catherine Z. Jones and your mistress is Renee Zellweger (who at least has the presence that Holmes so lacks)?
I certainly hope Anne Hathaway gets the role even if Penelope Cruz is the most appropriate actress, if the part were anything like the stage version.
Did someone actually mentioned Idina Menzel as Carla?????? Not touching that with a 10' pole.
Somethingwicked, I think you're right on the money with Marissa Tomei as Carla. She definitely has the comic skills as seen by her MY COUSIN VINNY performance, and then there's the vulnerability of the role which again she really can do (IN THE BEDROOM anyone?). However, if someone screams sex appeal any less than Zellweger, it's Gwyneth Paltrow. Now, if we're talking about that family, how great would it be if Blythe Danner played LeFleur? She's too old for the role as well as Dench, but I really would love for her to tackle it.
My ideal cast:
GUIDO-Antonio Banderas, Javier Marsdem, Johnny Depp.
LUISA-Toni Collette or Nicole Kidman though Jones is great too.
CARLA-Jane Krakowski which won't happen so Marissa Tomei or Salma Hayek.
CLAUDIA-Penelope Cruz and Anne Hathaway if they're going for younger.
LE FLEUR-Blythe Danner, Helena Boham Carter, Meryl Streep.
STEPHANIE NECROPHORUS-Mary Stuart Masterson, Demi Moore, Donna Murphy.
OUR LADY OF THE SPA-Jane Krakowski.
GUIDO'S MOTHER-Sophia Loren

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Updated On: 7/18/07 at 10:59 PM

I love Liliane, but wouldn't she be too old for LaFleur?

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I just can't see Dench as LaFleur.

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I know she’d never get the film role but I think Idina Menzel could do very well, depending on if they went with a trashier overtly sexier version of Carla and if Rob Marshall could rein in some of tendencies she could sing it in a lower key for which I assume Rene would have to do anyway.

Oh, Meryl as Le Fleur.


I would just melt.

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Nicole Kidman would be an awesome Carla.

Updated On: 7/19/07 at 12:09 AM

Nicole Kidman needs to stay away from this film. She just does not fit. I know people are going to kill me for saying this but I would want to see Scarlett Johansson play Carla. I think Zeta-Jones is perfect for Luisa. She will be outstanding. Penelope Cruz as Claudia.

Actually, Sara Ramirez would make a killer Serraghena.
I was thinking about and Demi Moore could also be a great La Fleur, at least she is the right age for it unlike all the other people mentioned for the role.
I hope the film doesn't use the annoying Italian accents used in the revival. I love the revival cast recording and its cast but I thought the accents were unnecessary.

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kating effing holmes???? are you effing kidding me??? does anyone else remember her singing on that very special episode of dawsons creek. her "on my own" is legendary in my house, we still imitate it and laugh about it years after the fact. quite possible some of the worst, ear-splitting singing i've ever heard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzGl2jupOgI

seriously....

i dont know anything about NINE, so unfortunately I cannot speak about casting from the perspective of who the characters are... all i know is, as a teenager in high school (8 years ago... yikes!), katie holmes scared the **** out of me and my friends with her singing on dawsons creek. we talked about it all thru lunch the next day. our ears still bleeding.

she starts out awful, but by the end, its like a screeching warbling i've never heard before.

With the right amount of make up, Holmes could possibly LOOK like Claudia, but I don't think she could act (or sing) it at all.

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