Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2014/11/05/new-character-posters-for-into-the-woods/" target="_blank"><b>11/5/14: New Character Posters for Into the Woods</b></a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Good looking posters -- Why Johnny Depp gets cast in musicals is beyond me. And Emily Blunt -- I like her, but can she handle the important role of The Baker's Wife? And sing it? Chris Pine? (Scratching head)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Why Johnny Depp gets cast in anything is beyond me. I just don't get his schtick
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I love Depp in 'Pirates of the Caribbean' -- he's inspired. He's a good actor -- watch him again in 'Donnie Brasco' - he does an amazing job. I hated him in 'Sweeney Todd' as I did with most of the casting, but whatever. I just question the casting of movie musicals but it's always been thus. Julie Andrews getting passed over for the lead in 'My Fair Lady' - weird. Audrey Hepburn gets cast and Marni Nixon dubs her singing. Natalie Wood plays Maria in 'West Side Story' also dubbed again by Marni Nixon, when Janet Lawrence originated the role on Broadway and could have sung and acted the role beautifully. They even dubbed Rita Moreno's singing voice! And so it goes...
Originally Posted By dagobert I'm also a fan of Johnny Depp. He was great in POTC, but he has starred in many other good movies, like Finding Neverland, Sleepy Hollow, Donnie Brasco, Blow (one of my favourites), From Hell or The 9th Gate. I also liked him in Charlie and the Chcolate Factory, but Sweeney Todd was bad.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: I think the actress chosen to play Cinderella is very 'off'. She played Bella's friend in Twilight. She wasn't very appealing in that movie either.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I didn't see any of the Twilight movies, but I really liked Anna Kendrick in Pitch Perfect. She seemed like a decent actress and had some singing chops, so why not? She'll help pull in an audience with her name recognition too. Of all of the 'famous' people in the film, I think she's the best fit
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I would argue that Meryl Streep is more famous and a better fit. The trailer looks pretty good -- surprised that they're allowing it to be marketed as a musical. People breaking into song and all that weird stuff :-/
