Deadline is reporting that 16 year-old Abigail Breslin has been cast as Jean in Meryl's upcoming film August: Osage County. Although I have a hard time picturing Breslin as anything but her pudgy character in Little Miss Sunshine, I'm sure this is a great addition. I saw a couple of pictures of her online and she's looking quite grown up, so I don't think it'll be too tough to convince me she's someone other than Olive Hoover.
As Jean Fordham, Breslin will play Julia Roberts's cranky, pot-smoking daughter. There are so many incredible female roles in this movie, with two of the best still to be revealed: Mattie Fae and Ivy. The way news has been rolling out every few days, I have to wonder if they pretty much have this thing cast and they just give out one name at a time so nerds like me can go crazy publicizing it. It's a good tactic because I'm like a Pavlovian dog impatiently anticipating updates. So, here's where we stand now:
Violet Weston: Meryl Streep (confirmed)
Barbara Fordham: Julia Roberts (confirmed)
Charlie Aiken: Chris Cooper (confirmed)
Karen Weston: Andrea Riseborough (speculated)
Juliette Lewis (speculated)
Jean Fordham: Abigail Breslin (speculated)
Jeff, Hope your having a good weekend. The tracking board which has a 90 percent of casting sucess has Meryl Streep attached to Rob Marshall's film musical iInto the woods. Something to keep an eye on still awaiting more news on August. Ken
ReplyDeleteKen I hope you're right about the tracking board's casting sucess rate. As I mention in my newest post, I'm pretty skeptical when there is only one article suggesting her participation. But yeah, we'll just have to keep an eye on it Stay tuned. :)
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