Sorry, but I just can't see Cher being able to convincingly play a doormat like Sally. Now, her as PHYLLIS would be an interesting idea.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
In movie musicals, it's not about characterization, it's about the music. Think what Cher could do with "Losing My Mind".
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
I vote Cher for Phyllis. I can see her doing "The Story of Lucy and Jessie!"
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
Oh, hell yeah she could nail that song! Just imagine all that hair flipping and tongue wagging! Brilliant!
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
No matter who is in it, it neeeeds to be filmed in an actual abandoned vaudeville theater of which there are plenty in the Tri State area. This would give it an air of realism that would give any film a big boost
EGGBY you seem like a terribly nice guy, but I have a violent reaction anytime CZetaJones is on anyone's dream list. I'll never get over Chicago. Sue me.
But this is a fun thread and age appropriate for me.
The Goldman script describes PHYLLIS, who is the wife of an U.N. ambassador, as "tall and queenly, stylish and intelligent." Yep, sounds just like Goldie Hawn.
Sally: Cher You know, I always think of domestic hausfrau when I think of Cher.
Ben: Pierce Brosnan Yep, middle-aged ennui, despair, and self-loathing are right up Pierce's alley.
Carlotta: Tina Turner In what alternate universe was she ever in the Follies?
I remember reading that in the late seventies there was talk of making the movie with Doris Day as Sally and believe it or not Elizabeth Taylor as Phyllis (then as a publicity stunt the casting of Debbie Reynolds as Sally along side Ms. Taylor was bantered about). I think Doris would've been a perfect Sally however after seeing Liz in "A Little Night Music" which was released around that time, I'd take a pass. In adapting the project for Taylor and Day, it was also mentioned that the creators would possibly be changing the story from a theater related background to that of a movie studio being torn down. I wasn't too crazy about that idea but I imagine it could have worked with Sondheim making the necessary changes.
Phyllis: Meryl Streep Sally: Glenn Close Ben: Kevin Kline Buddy: Christopher Walken Hattie: Beatrice Arthur Carlotta: Liza Minnelli Stella: Bernadette Peters Solange: Catherine Denevue Heidi: Joan Sutherland The Whitmans: Steve Lawrence & Edie Gorme Weissman: Gene Hackman (or Dustin Hoffman) Roscoe: Morgan Freeman
Back after BEACHES, and BLOSSOM - about the time of GYPSY, I'd hoped FOLLIES would get made with Midler as Sally and Bialyk as Young Sally. Recently I saw Bialyk on FAT ACTRESS and my dreams have been destroyed.
I wrote to Michael Eisner back when Disney was redoing the New Amsterdam for LION KING and suggested it was the ideal time to put some Disney money in a film of FOLLIES - the set was at hand! Never heard back, though . . .
