tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post2113602146870309261..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Streep and Roberts for "August: Osage County"NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-24099678612315699492010-10-07T22:16:24.852-04:002010-10-07T22:16:24.852-04:00So Julia, Mary-Louise and Natalie as sisters? I co...So Julia, Mary-Louise and Natalie as sisters? I could see that.<br /><br />Never having seen the play (im in Australia - yes you have readers here Nate!!! - and its only been to Sydney)but from what i've read on here it does seem that they are casting younger then the stage. So therefore i dont see a problem with NatPort playing Karen.<br /><br />Do you think this is why she turned down Gravity?Leighnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-84983889287913360032010-10-05T11:13:00.249-04:002010-10-05T11:13:00.249-04:00Nate, I know you hate her but Renne Zeee needs a c...Nate, I know you hate her but Renne Zeee needs a comeback role and it is Barbara! She's a fine actress, is bankable (or was, maybe not Julia Roberts bankable but more bankable than Laura Linney for exmaple), was great with La Streep in One True Thing. I'm wishing for Renne <br /><br />KeeganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-53518842264301235782010-10-05T11:01:24.782-04:002010-10-05T11:01:24.782-04:00Nate, I know you hate her but Renne Zeee needs a c...Nate, I know you hate her but Renne Zeee needs a comeback role and it is Barbara! She's a fine actress, is bankable (or was, maybe not Julia Roberts bankable but more bankable than Laura Linney for exmaple), was great with La Streep in One True Thing. I'm wishing for Renne <br /><br />KeeganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-80893011369035046332010-10-05T11:00:08.880-04:002010-10-05T11:00:08.880-04:00Nate, I know you hate her but Renne Zeee needs a c...Nate, I know you hate her but Renne Zeee needs a comeback role and it is Barbara! She's a fine actress, is bankable (or was, maybe not Julia Roberts bankable but more bankable than Laura Linney for exmaple), was great with La Streep in One True Thing. I'm wishing for Renne <br /><br />KeeganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-61447191924131801562010-10-04T11:50:21.016-04:002010-10-04T11:50:21.016-04:00So Jacko's playing the patriarch, and Hoffman&...So Jacko's playing the patriarch, and Hoffman's playing the perv fiancé? Or Barbara's husband? I can go either there I think. But with Hoffman, just like in "Doubt," he'll play out his guilt squarely on his sleeve, and it shouldn't be that obvious for either character at first. Why not give someone like Kevin Bacon a chance, or maybe John Slattery or Woody Harrelson? (The guys should get a little bit of ink around here too). <br /><br />Mary-Louise Parker would be the middle sister and Natalie Portman the youngest sister, correct? Karen is much older than Portman is, so that's kind of troubling. They'll need to go younger for Steve then. Parker can make a good Ivy. Kathy Bates pretty much has Mattie Fae written all over her. Would love to see that role go to Celia Weston instead, even if she is around the same age as Meryl.<br /><br />Now for Meryl and Julia. I don't mind either in those roles separately, but the two together is kind of jarring. I can't picture them as mother and daughter at all. Their age disparity isn't that much, and their star power together, yikes, it'll be hard not to think JULIA and MERYL all through seeing that. If it's all about money, then so be it, but there are so many other choices out there. Most of them have already been named (and yes, Glenn Close would have made a killer Violet too, just as much as Sissy Spacek or Sally Field), but what's done is done. It's not like they can't deliver with these roles, but some others being given the chance to TRY would have been nice too. This play is one of the most brilliant pieces of fiction I've read in a long time. I can't wait to see this adaptation with pretty much any capable cast and director (iffy on John Wells though).Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-36713943585328154282010-10-03T00:37:46.253-04:002010-10-03T00:37:46.253-04:00anon -- is this the new rumor? This movie is sound...anon -- is this the new rumor? This movie is sounding worse and worse.<br /><br />as for streep never being less than great i beg to differ. Like all mega-talented actors she is capable of misstepping. In some ways the greats are worse when they're off because part of their greatness is their confidence. But when someone is confident about something that's not going well it can be ... strange to watch.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-59183118176194423762010-10-02T17:22:27.037-04:002010-10-02T17:22:27.037-04:00Yes,I said it a year ago,,,,consider KATHLEEN TURN...Yes,I said it a year ago,,,,consider KATHLEEN TURNER for Mattie Fae!<br /><br />Apparently Mary Louise Parke, Natalie Portman will play the other daughters and Jack Nicholson and Phillip Hoffman are in as well...rumor has it.<br /><br />Don't worry about Streep. She hardly ever disappoints and is not always grand but never less than great.<br /><br />Roberts was rumored back then also when Mike Nichols was in talks. No surprise there.<br /><br />Given the daughters casted are all brunettes, I guess it is safe to assume they will age Streep up with a dark wig? lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-32432932860516253692010-10-02T16:35:25.642-04:002010-10-02T16:35:25.642-04:00Nathaniel, a question for you since you have seen ...Nathaniel, a question for you since you have seen the play; what is the character of Barbara like (how would you describe her) and would Meryl and Julia be co-leads or is one role more supporting than the other?<br /><br />I read that Julia Roberts spoke to Amy Morton over a year ago about the play. Apparently Roberts saw the film 3 times and has been chasing the part since 2008.CaribMamacitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-37962680260480224862010-10-02T16:18:04.891-04:002010-10-02T16:18:04.891-04:00film izle tamamdır reis<a href="http://www.filmizlenir.net" title="film izle, dizi izle, hd film izle" rel="nofollow">film izle</a> tamamdır reisashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117048868133425079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-34238635947312128642010-10-02T11:51:17.224-04:002010-10-02T11:51:17.224-04:00why is it always the anonymous people ? :)
must b...why is it always the anonymous people ? :)<br /><br />must be oscar season starting again.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-24387694126587743622010-10-02T02:17:29.977-04:002010-10-02T02:17:29.977-04:00Streep will be brillant as Violet and knock it out...Streep will be brillant as Violet and knock it out of the park. She is the perfect actress to play this part. Nate's reservations are just bullshit...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-17215647711145084722010-10-02T02:00:43.832-04:002010-10-02T02:00:43.832-04:00Kathy Bates and Dianne Wiest are too old to be pla...Kathy Bates and Dianne Wiest are too old to be playing Meryl's younger sister. I agree she'd be the obvious choice if they were casting an age-appropriate actress for Violet, so Kathleen Turner is now pretty much the obvious choice.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206689829422865411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-52799297648421758652010-10-02T00:45:23.703-04:002010-10-02T00:45:23.703-04:00aaron & 3rtfull -- if they're going this o...aaron & 3rtfull -- if they're going this obvious, then yes. it'll undoubtedly be Kathy Bates yes. zzzzzz.<br /><br />i'd kill to see Kathleen Turner or Dianne Wiest get a crack at Mattie Fae. Or Dianne Ladd. Or... so many interesting ways that could go. but yeah. if they're not using imagination, fo' sure it'll be Bates.<br /><br />BillyBil -- well, that's where we part ways. I'm not fine with Meryl ALWAYS getting first choice. Consider how much i love Michelle PFeiffer and knwo this: I'd hate it if she got every part too. I don't like to eat the same meal every night of the week and I don't want to see the same actress in every A list project. variety is the spice of life!NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-60261703009042910152010-10-02T00:38:13.209-04:002010-10-02T00:38:13.209-04:00Since Hollywood is going obvious….may I suggest Ka...Since Hollywood is going obvious….may I suggest Kathy Bates for the fat female character. Her Best Actress win has her beating Streep, Roberts and film experience’s pet Anjelica Huston./3rtfu11http://(optional)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-23427982162301253382010-10-02T00:19:39.124-04:002010-10-02T00:19:39.124-04:00I also bet $50 that Kathy Bates gets the role of M...I also bet $50 that Kathy Bates gets the role of Mattie Faye (is that the character's name?...regardless, Violet's sister in the movie)...I think she would be great for it.Aaronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-35727856016693399122010-10-01T21:20:47.529-04:002010-10-01T21:20:47.529-04:00It is, indeed, a sort of catch 22 - but I believe ...It is, indeed, a sort of catch 22 - but I believe the real problem is that more great scripts need to be written with great roles for women over 60 and more producers need to give them a chance to find an audience.<br /><br />Beyond that - and I mean this quite sincerely, I can't think of any other actress in Meryl's age group who has earned as much collective respect and love as she has so she rightfully gets the juicest parts. I am totally OK with this, as predictible as it may be. Hell I'm still praying that they make SUNSET BLVD, the musical, SOON and cast Meryl despite Glenn's great reviews. (I saw Close in it and I'd still rather see Streep!)<br /><br />This is probably where we differ the most, Nate - I just can't care about any of the other actresses as much as I care about Meryl because Meryl is beyond normal - she is a true, bonafide goddess. Quite frankly I feel NO other actress has ever been quite as unique and blessed as Meryl (actually, in her own way Elizabeth Taylor is an equal goddess but of a different sort - Taylor's beauty was as other-wordly as Streep's talent). So, for me, if you're casting the best role written in the past 10 years (or more) for a "mature" woman, then Streep should get it.<br /><br />As for my Glenn Close comments - they were more for the other commenters than for you. <br /><br />I always love your imagination and adoration regarding actresses but I'm such an obvious fanatic about Streep that I can get a little boring too.<br /><br />So, by all means, let's write and produce more great pictures for women of all ages so that the #2, #3, #4 and #5 most talented and fascinating actresses can all get plum roles (because Streep will already be busy working on the most succulent one). <br /><br />I suspect you'd agree that would be the best answer to both our wishes. Short of that, I'm perfectly fine if Meryl get's first choice - always.billybilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72123447732011659332010-10-01T15:32:30.690-04:002010-10-01T15:32:30.690-04:00billybil -- i'd prefer Meryl to Glenn in this ...billybil -- i'd prefer Meryl to Glenn in this role (i think Glenn would make it too cartoonish... it's too close to what she does) so i'm not sure what your point is.<br /><br />i would never ever claim Meryl Streep hasn't earned her status. I love her. I just think the public and Hollywood and casting directors have collective amnesia about other women who have also earned our collective respect and love.<br /><br />i guess my point is this: it's GREAT that Meryl Streep is bankable at 60. But we'll never have a film culture that's good for actresses if we only care about one woman who is over 60. This is not a situation that is game-changing. It's just an aberration if you get me.<br /><br />a beautiful abberation but i'd prefer a film culture where people cared about more than just one actress.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7992346106060962402010-10-01T13:42:36.687-04:002010-10-01T13:42:36.687-04:00I look forward to seeing Meryl do a great role - I...I look forward to seeing Meryl do a great role - I look forward to seeing what she'll bring to it. It's funny reading about how she's getting this part because she'll put butts in the theatre seats. She's a 60 year-old-actress, for God's sakes. How many other actresses that age would get this sort of crap? She's earned first choice on EVERY fucking role in her age range and some outside of it. No matter what she does, it will be fascinating, intelligent, powerful shit and it will be entertaining. Oh please - Glenn Close - oh please...<br /><br />And Julia Roberts will be just as fascinating. I can't wait to see her in such a dramatic piece - probably the most dramatic environment of her screen career to date. And she is right for the role and be extremely entertaining.<br /><br />These are Goddesses who have earned the right to these parts. I know that's what you're complaining about in some ways - but, hell, when you have worked as hard and as long as these women have - and achieved so much success and appeal - I say give it to them first and celebrate what they do. <br /><br />Glenn Close...oh please!!! <br /><br />And, to be perfectly honest, Julia Roberts is a MUCH MORE INTERESTING choice than Laura Linney. Talk about predictable casting.<br /><br />And Glenn Close or Anjelica Huston? Again, predictable (and you're going to write that it's because they're so right for the parts!). Well, once again and for the last time, oh please....billybilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-34197309134294115422010-10-01T12:58:54.403-04:002010-10-01T12:58:54.403-04:00Hopefully they'll edit down the plot which fel...Hopefully they'll edit down the plot which felt like a cheesy soap opera (which maybe was the point, but it just didn't work for me). I had high expectations for this when I saw the tour last year, but was seriously disappointed. Maybe a film version can change my mind, but I didn't get the praise heaped on this play one bit.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126493031421822053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-77209652980743678992010-10-01T12:49:01.014-04:002010-10-01T12:49:01.014-04:00I have seen the play, and let's face it, it is...I have seen the play, and let's face it, it is quite a downer ... If big "star" names are not in the movie, then NO ONE will go and see it!!!! That has been proven again and again.<br /><br />I loved the play and I feel that Streep would actually knock the Barbara role out of the ball park ... yet I feel she will do excellently in the Violet role. <br /><br />Roberts, I am not so sure of... Linney would be my choice.<br /><br />I, too, would like to see Nichols, and not a newbie behind the helm.<br /><br />We'll see....Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-4167188190215475782010-10-01T12:01:49.840-04:002010-10-01T12:01:49.840-04:00The idea of Julia Roberts's involvement intrig...The idea of Julia Roberts's involvement intrigues me much more than that of Meryl Streep, though she's typically aces in my book. I'm always fascinated to see actors challenge themselves beyond the publics perception of them and/or their abilities, and while we expect greatness from Meryl -- her suitability for a role notwithstanding -- we generally don't from Julia, at least not outside her niche. <br /><br />Are there more interesting choices available who are just as or more capable and well-suited? Of course, but we get what we get.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521208512678472596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-34615455569484904832010-10-01T11:56:41.016-04:002010-10-01T11:56:41.016-04:00Does Diane Keaton's name ever get mentioned fo...Does Diane Keaton's name ever get mentioned for these type things?Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-44933317448156756482010-10-01T11:43:18.430-04:002010-10-01T11:43:18.430-04:00I've never seen the play, but for what I'v...I've never seen the play, but for what I've heard I think I would have love to see Sigourney Weaver in the role of Violet or maybe Shirley MacLaine... is Shirley too old to play her?<br /><br />I think I like the idea of Julia Roberts...Fernando Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01910646761117970758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-42729277284142275652010-10-01T11:22:38.790-04:002010-10-01T11:22:38.790-04:00To play devil's advocate, the last role that J...To play devil's advocate, the last role that Julia Roberts actively pursued (meaning that she wanted the role, not that someone asked her to do it as was the case with Duplicity, Charlie Wilson's War, Eat Pray Love) was in Erin Brockovich - which is one of my favorite performances of the decade. Was she the best that year? Bjork might have been slightly better, but still Roberts was quite fantastic. <br /><br />If she really WANTS this role as has been long rumored, I think she will work her ass off for it, which is the only way that she's going to be able to nail the role of Barbara and do it justice. When she isn't lazy (and Julia does coast on charisma) she can be pretty damn great.Fiona Flintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-26222160386021082592010-10-01T11:21:54.518-04:002010-10-01T11:21:54.518-04:00The play is one of the best works of fiction I'...The play is one of the best works of fiction I've ever read. Ever. Streep and Roberts are wonderful actresses, and I hope they do wonders with Violet and Barbara, who are both such amazing characters that it would be hard to really screw up. But could the casting have been more imaginative than that? Absolutely. Grace Zabreskie, Sissy Spacek, Celia Weston, Patricia Clarkson, Laura Linney, Cate Blanchett, Robin Wright, etc., should have been the names thrown in the ring for these roles. And you know that Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton were never given a moment's thought either. But it's about dollars and financing, so I can live with the allowances made. But John Wells? "ER" John Wells? No Mike Nichols? I wonder why that fell through. Oh well. Adore the play, hoping for the best with the film.BillBillnoreply@blogger.com