My Thoughts and Hopes about the Into the Woods Film Adaption
1. It actually happens
2, Opening can be similar to the regents park open air theater production of the show, where a child’s parents could be in an intense argument, and their son, feeling neglected runs away to a wood, pulls out a storybook and the voiceover of the narrator begins the film initially with “Once Upon a Time” as the child opens the book. Story Happens. The end, when the Witch is singing Children Will Listen, the parents find him sleeping under a tree and reconcile and take him home. then the finale.
3. Dream Hollywood Movie Cast
Baker: Zachary Levi
Baker’s Wife: Anne Hathaway
Witch: Kristen Chenoweth OR I’d be ok with Catherine Zeta JonesĀ
Cinderella: Sierra Boggess or Amy Adams
Narrator: Stephen Sondheim…. nah im kidding XD not too sure, someone like Michael Caine or Hector Elizondo
Jack: ummm Me? nahhh nahh XD I don’t really know, Acting wise I’d say alexander Gould
Jack’s Mom: An actress weho can actually sing the part.’
LittleRed: Some little girl.
Stepmother: would LOVE to see Jane Lynch or Elizabeth Perkins if she could sing it
Stepsisters: HONESTLY anyone but To bring Peeps in prob Diana Argon and Heather Morris
Rapunzel: NOT TAYLOR SWIFT. Evan Rachel Wood? Come on Hollywood give her something!
Princes: James Marsden and another big name
Wolf: Tough… TBA
Snow White and Sleeping Beauty: Would die if it was Ginnifer Goodwin and the girl who plays emma from ABC’s Once Upon A Time
Steward: ME
Cinderella’s Mother/ Granny: Would die If Bernadette Peters made a cameo
4. That they realize the honest to God message of this piece is that Children Will Listen and how we don’t realize the magnitude of our words to a child until the damage is done. Morality is a decreasing quality nowadays, but as is being exposed to all aspects of society good and bad. This also can be a testament against Verbal Abuse, for sondheim was verbally abused when he was a child and teenager and truly what verbal abuse does is causes the child to reciprocate these actions as they grow older, because they dont know any better. Disney needs to make the film PG-13 and at least 2 hours and 20 minutes. People sit through Harry Potter and sat through West Side Story, they will be more than capable to sit through this.
5. DONT CUT CINDERELLA’S PARTS
6. Make it joyous and have myriad amounts of people become fans of this gorgeous theater piece<3