tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post1619298692192303063..comments2024-03-28T21:19:42.625-05:00Comments on Word on the Streep: Recasting 1999 (supporting): "Tea with Mussolini"Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-57478043618959483512022-12-18T19:59:42.062-06:002022-12-18T19:59:42.062-06:00I think you're totally right about the role in...I think you're totally right about the role in Sixth Sense. It could work fine as the mother and not grandma. I can't think off the top of my head if I've chosen anything in the past or have anything planned that has supernatural themes. I guess maybe Agnes of God? I hope it doesn't sound provocative in suggesting that religious themes are supernatural, but they kind of are, right? I suppose just not what most would equate to spirits or ghosts. Maybe The House of the Spirits too! <br /><br />It's been ages since I've seen Green Mile to the point that I can't even remember the character of Melinda. I should look up some clips. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-10199899875307580892022-12-18T19:48:04.372-06:002022-12-18T19:48:04.372-06:00Your guess is as good as mine at this point. Has t...Your guess is as good as mine at this point. Has to be 2023. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-91100028062400574492022-12-18T10:55:32.196-06:002022-12-18T10:55:32.196-06:00Where is Extrapolations!?!?- JamieWhere is Extrapolations!?!?- JamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-44259690248890112242022-12-15T12:28:58.676-06:002022-12-15T12:28:58.676-06:00Wonderful choice Jeff! I think I would have chose ...Wonderful choice Jeff! I think I would have chose this too, I share your love of the great British ladies, chiefly Maggie and Judi but also Helen and some of the others now gone. It's not often we get to see so much female talent together in a quality story. I'm perplexed it didn't get more acclaim.<br />I really love the scene where Maggie's character finally realised that Elsa has been paying their bills and that she has been dreadfully wrong about the whole situation. You're right about this being a well-rounded role where Cher got to show a range of emotions and pulls it off well.<br /><br />I considered suggesting the role of Lynn Sear as played by Toni Collette in "The Sixth Sense". I was going to say Meryl may have been considered too old to play a 9-year old's mother and could have changed the character to be Cole's Grandmother (Cole's mum having passed away) but then I thought no! Meryl could pass for early 40s in 1999 and there's nothing in the story preventing the mother being a bit older. Meryl convincingly played the mother of kids the same year in "Music Of The Heart" and 2 years before in "First Do No Harm". <br />The movie was a huge success and I think she and Bruce Willis enjoyed a good working relationship during "Death Becomes Her" where he gave a great performance (love that movie!).<br /><br />I would love to have seen Meryl in something in this genre/s. That scene where Cole tells his mother about the message from her deceased mother is heartbreaking.<br /><br />I will however go with the small role of Melinda Moores, the terminally ill wife of the prison governor in "The Green Mile" who is miraculously cured by John Coffey. The character doesn't get much screen time but she is effective when she recognised John as an angel. This movie was also a big success and has supernatural qualities, plus it's a Stephen King adaptation! I mainly pick this as it was one of my own mother's favourites and we enjoyed watching it together.CJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937312863597687063noreply@blogger.com