The Witches of Huntsman?
Monday, March 2, 2015 at 8:00AM
Manuel here with some casting news. I had this fabulous idea of celebrating Leo DiCaprio’s casting in that 24 multiple personality film with a list of the 24 various personalities he’s already played. But once I started listing them alongside one another I realized Leo definitely needs to spice it up; lately, when he’s not playing a grieving wifeless man he’s playing a wealthy soulless man. Why not embrace another full-on comedic role? His turn in Catch me if You Can is still one of his best. Why so dour lately Leo?
They do make quite the beautiful trio, don't they?
Instead, let’s focus on a film that’s become more of an actressexual dream than any of us ever hoped for. Did you hear that The Huntsman film now boasts Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain?
I’m secretly hoping the trio of actresses will make The Huntsman more of a Witches of Eastwick type film, or maybe they can all band together against the eponymous protagonist in a 9 to 5 style workplace comedy? I mean, none of us would complain about a tied-up Hemsworth, now would we? Or perhaps they can work in a fun musical number a la The First Wives Club? The mind boggles imagining this trio of ladies making the film crackle with wit and chemistry; perhaps this is much too optimistic for what is presumably another tentpole blockbuster. I mean, are they even bringing back Colleen Atwood?
What other actress trio would you love these gals to channel in this sure to be pretty (and pretty drab?) spinoff?
Reader Comments (14)
Just hoping is not another case of Michelle Williams + Rachel Weisz + Mila Kunis in Oz the Great and Powerful.
Gosh. I feel like every post on this blog that mentions Leo mentions that dead wife thing (which he's actually moved on from quite a while ago). Stop beating a dead horse. I agree tho he should take on another comedy - he had great energy in wolf of Wall Street and catch me if you can.
That's just what I thought, Remy! Let's hope not... (at least I'm fairly confident that none of these three ladies could be as terrible as Kunis was in Oz ).
As for actressy trios... I'd like them to pull a melodrama a la All about my mother . They can be Manuela (Theron), Sister Rosa (Blunt) and Agrado (Chastain). That leaves Hemsworth to play a trans character, obviously. How's that for a tentpole blockbuster?
Those girls need to be channeling Davis/Moorehead/de Havilland in Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Bacall/Monroe/Grable in How to Marry a Millionaire or Duke/Tate/Parkins in Valley of the Dolls.
Get rid of Thor and make a movie with just them.
I love this trio of acting talent, but it grieves me that this is another fairy tale. Best not to follow that train of thought, and look at this in a "glass half full" way. "First Wives Club" & "Witches from Eastwick" provide possible templates.
But I hope they take a look at "Death Becomes Her". Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn manage to have fun, and not embarrass themselves. And If any one of them can give us a villain/seductress as interesting as Isabella Rossellini that would count as a win.
How about get PT Anderson to remake Altman's "3 Women"?
Emily in the Shelly Duvall role, jabbering on about being "famous for my dinner parties."
Jessica going from mousy to alpha after a head injury, like Sissy Spacek.
Charlize Theron as the crazy pregnant lady painting horror cartoons on the bottom of an empty swimming pool.
Come Back to the Five and Dime...
Breaking some news: DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street is pitch-perfect COMEDY.
The Night of the Iguana:
Charlize=Ava Gardner
Jessica=Deborah Kerr
Emily=Sue Lyon
or
Crimes of the Heart
Charlize=Jessica Lange
Jessica=Diane Keaton
Emily=Sissy Spacek
It baffles me that a bloody *sequel* to Snow White and The Huntsman (!!!) is luring THIS kind of in-demand talent. My God, pickings must be slim.
Mareko: They always have been for actresses. I fully expect Blunt to sign on to the Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers movie if they offer it to her.
@ Remy, why did you say that?
I knew there was a powerful cancerous undercurrent of worries I had forgotten about and now you've revealed it!
Remy summed it up for us all! I had never seen Snow White and the Huntsman but watched it On Demand after these casting announcements. I'm dumbfounded and intrigued. What is in this prequel script to attract that level of talent?!