tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post3781153199495085803..comments2024-03-27T14:12:04.933-05:00Comments on Word on the Streep: Recasting 1983: "Romancing the Stone"Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-77627934801241489992024-01-19T18:52:06.267-06:002024-01-19T18:52:06.267-06:00I’m going to read this. I’ll be sure to come back....I’m going to read this. 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Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-62008900745671534292023-01-10T03:04:36.160-06:002023-01-10T03:04:36.160-06:00Streep is a communist bitch.Streep is a communist bitch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-32780529205900467592020-10-09T09:52:47.564-05:002020-10-09T09:52:47.564-05:00When your website or blog goes live for the first ...When your website or blog goes live for the first time, it is exciting. That is until you realize no one but you and your. <a href="http://marble-fireplaces.com/" rel="nofollow">marble fireplaces</a><br />jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16193451090746115366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-21728715794150661242020-08-24T21:20:17.344-05:002020-08-24T21:20:17.344-05:00Hi, Mike. Thanks for the quote regarding the advic...Hi, Mike. Thanks for the quote regarding the advice given to Jessica Lange after Frances. I hadn't heard of it prior to reading your post, but it's sort of where I was going in regard to choosing Romancing after the series of roles Streep would've played in this alternate history up to that point. <br /><br />It's interesting the prospect of Mery's "production currency" at the time. I almost take for granted nowadays that there are probably a fair amount of projects that get greenlit simply because Meryl has agreed to do it. The Devil Wears Prada's success followed by Mamma Mia! and Julie & Julia (as far as their box office returns) really afforded her that luxury moving forward. <br /><br />I'm really looking forward to the next few years of my recasting...Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-716465015241434572020-08-24T18:12:56.371-05:002020-08-24T18:12:56.371-05:00Good call Jeff. 'Silkwood' got Streep'...Good call Jeff. 'Silkwood' got Streep's work into every suburban cinema across Australia for the first time (and into the conversations of my school year, due to Cher's role) and apart from seeing the trailer for 'Kramer vs. Kramer', it was the first time I'd experienced her work for myself. Swapping that role out for Joan Wilder is perfect, since everyone saw 'Romancing The Stone' and was talking about it.<br /><br />If Streep had performed the lead in 'Frances' then she'd have probably received the same advice Kim Stanley gave Lange: do a comedy, fast. 'Romancing The Stone' would have delivered that opportunity in spades, and laid more solid ground for Streep to achieve the odd comic role in the comedy-rich 1980s and 1990s. I can imagine her in 'Sleepless in Seattle, for example, and elevating it to an Oscar-nominated cast, instead of a brace of dramatic roles followed by 'the wilderness years' when she was seen to be experimenting but was possibly struggling. <br /><br />I recently re-watched an old interview with Streep in which she explained 'Silkwood' was the first production on which she felt she had any ability to 'put a project together', in that she had power over the casting and director, which is not something she's made a big thing of over the years (although I think it's part of the reason she'll stay quiet on the memoir front... perhaps until much later). <br /><br />Her 'production currency' probably didn't last long (she had no control on 'Out of Africa' for example), but is evidenced in 'Plenty', 'A Cry in the Dark', 'Heartburn' and possibly 'Ironweed', 'House of the Spirits' and 'Postcards from the Edge' but it was not apparent again until after 'The Devil Wears Prada'.<br /><br />Plus I appeal to you to consider what else Mike Nichols directed (and/or Nora Ephron co-wrote) that Streep could have been cast in, because if there's one break your alternate filmography might not sustain, it's with that director and writer!<br /><br />The challenge you have set yourself just gets more and more interesting with every film! (and I hasten to add it's great light relief to be a reader of and an appealer about... too much to take seriously, but then again... LOL) <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Michael Burgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718312125832719092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-60767583383555714442020-08-21T18:12:00.670-05:002020-08-21T18:12:00.670-05:00I don't picture Meryl every writing a memoir e...I don't picture Meryl every writing a memoir either. I think I saw To Die For once many years ago so I don't think I can gauge whether or not it would be a good fit. But I'll take your word for it!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-54063823710209357032020-08-20T17:30:12.803-05:002020-08-20T17:30:12.803-05:00https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vulture.com/amp/2...https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vulture.com/amp/2018/08/kathleen-turner-in-conversation.html<br /><br />It's in this interview, but Kathleen had signed some papers that perhaps Meryl wouldn't have felt compelled to do this if she already had clout. <br /><br />This makes me wish Meryl had penned a great autobiography like Kathleen's. I just don't see her being that candid and I don't give a shit.<br /><br />Barbara is much more rooted in reality than Mary Fisher, who would have been a cartoon in less capable hands. She gets to run a range of emotions, physical comedy, be the villain and victim as well as be sexy and vulnerable. A much more demanding character and Meryl could have gone to town.<br /><br />What do you think of "To Die For" if it was made earlier? Meryl chose "She-Devil" in part because it offered her a chance to be glamorous. I think she would have been terrific in that part. CJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937312863597687063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-26078515529019965702020-08-20T11:04:55.602-05:002020-08-20T11:04:55.602-05:00Glad you like it! I didn't know Turner was sor...Glad you like it! I didn't know Turner was sort of strong-armed into the sequel, but I have a feeling that if Meryl didn't like the script she'd would've been like, "Um, pass." <br /><br />I like to think of the recasting as sort of an alternate universe in parallel to her actual filmography ha. So I don't consider it losing Silkwood...I def would prefer that for her legacy that Romancing the Stone. I think I've seen War of the Roses but not Serial Mom. The former would probably be another fun comedy. Does Turner's character actually have some threads of Meryl's in She-Devil?? Same year. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-35378504265250239682020-08-20T09:48:16.904-05:002020-08-20T09:48:16.904-05:00Excellent choice! I also really enjoyed the movie,...Excellent choice! I also really enjoyed the movie, Kathleen was a real treat and it would have been a real departure for Meryl.<br /><br />Do you think she would have been strong-armed into making the sequel the way Kathleen describes in her autobiography?<br /><br />I would be really sorry to lose Silkwood though. I though the three leads had exceptional chemistry. The Meryl-Michael-Danny dynamic would have been interesting to see!<br /><br />Two other Turner movies I would love to have seen Meryl in is "War Of The Roses" and "Serial Mom". What do you think? CJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937312863597687063noreply@blogger.com