STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!! -- I heard it from someone in LA who w
STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!! -- I heard it from someone in LA who w
#0STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!! -- I heard it from someone in LA who w
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:12pm
yowzuh!
Waiting for a link....
#1re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:17pmOh Garrland - I know you wouldnt be pulling our legs! Fabulous!
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#2re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:21pmOh! That'll be wonderful! Some friends and I were trying to cast the film - guessing what Burton might do - and we threw Helena Bonham Carter out there as a Mrs. Lovett possibility, but weren't sure if she could sing. I suggested Ms. Streep, as well, but some thought she'd seem to old next to Johnny Depp. I'm glad the powers-that-be didn't think so! I LOVE HER.
#3re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:23pmI always thought it would be more likely that Carter might turn up as The Beggar Woman (who doesn't really need to be a good singer). I do know Sondheim wanted Lovett to be older than Sweeney for the film; Streep's casting would certainly make me feel a lot more confident in the entire film.
#4re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:23pm
Wonderful!
That's the 5th good reason to see this film.
#5re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:29pmWith her amazing and successful box office turn in "Devil", this is perfect timing for Streep and Depp to carry this film to box-office gold. We need another glorious big screen musical hit after the flops of Phantom and RENT.
#6re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:31pmWait, where's the news? It's not that I don't believe ya (I'm stoked) but who reported it?
#7re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:38pm
I just did a happy dance in my seat without moving.
This is great news. I have high hopes that the combination of Streep and Depp and the always-fascinating art direction of Burton will result in quite a good rendering of Sweeney on film!
#8re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:46pmIf this is true - i am sooooo thrilled - LOVE me some Meryl!
#9re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:46pmMaybe it's not being announced just yet, but I got an email from someone who should know.
#10re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:51pm
Grrl...if this is a hoax, I'm a gonna wring your neck!
FANTASTIC! This is the best news I've heard in quite awhile.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#11re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:55pmWhy would the person who started this thread be asking for a link to confirm it? Sounds fishy to me! (I hope it's true, though. She would be brilliant!)
#12re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:01pmSueleen -- who are you today? That pic is a HOOT!
mrs felciano
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/06
#13re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:03pmAw! That's great! I love her. Maybe this movie won't suck afterall.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#14re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:12pmim THRILLLED (if this is true)!!!!!!!
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#15re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:29pm
His source? Why none other than a random post on ALL THAT CHAT!
How's THAT for 'official! Woof! 
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#16re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:34pmI haven't seen anything official on this.....
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#17re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:41pmi dont think the thread ttle should have the word "official" because "official" means..."official"...as in "officially announced"
#18re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:43pmI find it very hard to believe that Grrl would post this without some knowledge, it's not her style...yet I still do NOT want to be disappointed.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#19re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:47pmNothing about any movie is official until filming starts. And sometimes not even then. If it's true, though, at least one element of this film has some promise.
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#20re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:47pmThis is not true, and she would be totally miscast.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#21re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:53pmWell, at least SHE can sing.
CurtisTaylorJr2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/17/06
#22re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:55pmI hope this is not true
#23re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 1:57pm
I don't quite think this is official...I believe Depp has yet to even get the OK from SS to *do* the movie at all, so let's not count our meat pies before they're baked, eh?
I think she'd be...interesting, though, in the role.
(I PERSONALLY would have Midler do it.)
#24re: It's OFFICIAL-- STREEP TO PLAY MRS. LOVETT IN FILM!!
Posted: 9/15/06 at 2:14pmI thought that Depp was indeed confirmed because a starting date of February 5 was announced.
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