tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post5651658999367826460..comments2024-03-28T21:19:42.625-05:00Comments on Word on the Streep: Recasting 2021 (supporting): "Mare of Easttown"Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-11017418827850427202023-05-21T16:55:23.572-05:002023-05-21T16:55:23.572-05:00Wonderful suggestions, Danny. I couldn't agree...Wonderful suggestions, Danny. I couldn't agree more. I wonder if for Meryl to get the types of roles we dream of for her that she'll need to start producing more. I thought Places Please might be a start to that. Alas, no. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-24157734945968152092023-05-20T00:39:25.662-05:002023-05-20T00:39:25.662-05:00Yes, Jeff, I am with you: “it would just be a lot ...Yes, Jeff, I am with you: “it would just be a lot of fun to be able to insert Meryl into this world.” And into so many other worlds, movies, roles. One of your readers recently wrote, “we can't always assume Meryl's the only actress everyone wants to work with.” Of course, we can’t. And yet, one can dream. <br /><br />And so, beyond the (so far) elusive team-ups with the Scorseses and Almodovars of this world, I dream of Meryl being directed by any or all of these five brilliant but underrated (or still “unpopular”) female directors whose recent works prove they are some of our finest filmmakers today: Charlotte Wells (“Aftersun”), Celine Song (“Past Lives”), Nicole Holofcener (“You Hurt My Feelings”), Kelly Reichardt (“Showing Up”), and Mia Hansen-Love (“One Fine Morning”).<br /><br />And the list (my dream) goes on: Dee Rees, Lulu Wang, Joanna Hogg, Lisa Cholodenko, Sarah Polley, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jane Campion, Claire Denis, Ava DuVernay, Chloe Zhao, Ruba Nadda … <br /><br />Having said all that, I also know times have changed and Meryl is 73. I myself am not getting any younger. Whether or not I (or any of us) live to see our dreams for her come true, she has already done and given SO MUCH professionally and personally. I am grateful she is alive and healthy and working and still enjoying — and letting us enjoy — her incomparable career. <br /><br />— Danny<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-87026278026240094602023-05-16T20:25:05.672-05:002023-05-16T20:25:05.672-05:00Charlie, I was very close to choosing Mass, but I ...Charlie, I was very close to choosing Mass, but I decided that I'll be choosing that when I continue my lead recasting series year by year (spoiler!). I know that Dowd was submitted for supporting, but I totally believe that had Meryl been in that role, she would've gone lead. I love that movie...the wonderful dialogue, the emotion, the timely sociopolitical topics it traverses, and of course the wonderful performances. I agree it would've been bigger had Meryl done it. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-49864248069371622902023-05-16T09:35:53.107-05:002023-05-16T09:35:53.107-05:00I just saw Winslet won the TV Bafta for "I Am...I just saw Winslet won the TV Bafta for "I Am Ruth", glad to see she's getting back to being in great projects. I also love the idea of Meryl and the C/Kates working together. Although she was technically too young I would have enjoyed Meryl and Cate in "Notes On A Scandal".<br /><br />My choice will be the highly acclaimed "Mass", a movie very few people seemed to have seen (at least in theatres) concerning a meeting between the parents of a victim and the perpetrator of a school shooting. <br /><br />The role I chose was originally played (wonderfully) by Ann Dowd who is about 7 years younger than Meryl but I don't see a problem with the change. I have always wished that Meryl had got the chance to play opposite Tom Wilkinson in "In The Bedroom" as grieving parents as I liked how well written and raw it all was. I feel this was something similar and offers all 4 actors a chance to shine. If Meryl had been offered a role the movie would likely have got more attention than it did, as it deserved to.CJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937312863597687063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-9762353086500333832023-05-15T17:38:44.501-05:002023-05-15T17:38:44.501-05:00Yes! Between this and Succession, this is exactly ...Yes! Between this and Succession, this is exactly the writing we need Meryl to get, and it's only really happening on television. My fingers are crossed for an HBO miniseries all of her own before all is said is done.Darcynoreply@blogger.com