Not So Wordless Wednesday: "Into the Woods" Mega Post!

Yesterday it was announced that Rob Marshall will be bringing Into The Woods onto the big screen for Disney. Since it is my favorite musical of all time, I have cast the show for him. You have several options, Mr. Marshall. There is the Hollywood choice, the Broadway choice and the "can they sing?" choice, plus a few other suggestions. You are welcome.

Note: I was going to do a long detailed explanation of why I picked the folks I picked, but since this post will probably only be of interested to me, Shephard and the few other theater nerds I know, I will instead quote favorite lyrics from the show beneath each character choices. 


NARRATOR: John Lithgow, David Hyde Pierce, Stanley Tucci

"And it came to pass, all that seemed wrong
was now right, and those who deserved to
were certain to live a long and happy life."


CINDERELLA: Rosario Dawson, Sutton Foster, Hayley Atwell

"Although how can you know
Who you are till you know
What you want, which you don't?"



JACK*: Andrew Rannells, Rupert Grint

"There are Giants in the sky
There are big tall terrible awesome scary wonderful
Giants in the sky"


THE BAKER: John C. Reilly, Roger Bart, Paul Rudd

"No more riddles.
No more jests.
No more curses you can't undo,
Left by fathers you never knew.
No more quests."

BAKER'S WIFE: Maya Rudolph, Katie Finneran, Christina Hendricks 

"If the thing you do
Is pure in intent,
If it's meant,
And it's just a little bent,
Does it matter?"


LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD*: Kristin Bell, Chloe Moertz 

"And take extra care with strangers,
Even flowers have their dangers.
And though scary is exciting,
Nice is different than good."



CINDERELLA'S PRINCE: Ewan McGregor, Dominic Cooper, Nathan Fillion 

"Right and wrong don't matter in the woods,
Only feelings.
Let us meet the moment unblushed.
Life is often so unpleasant-
You must know that, as a peasant-"


RAPUNZEL: Cary Mulligan, Amy Spanger, Rosamund Pike

"I am no longer a child. I wish to see the world."


RAPUNZEL'S PRINCE: John Stamos, Alan Tudyk, Lee Pace

"Agony!
Far more painful than yours,
When you know she would go with you
If there only were doors."


THE WITCH: Michelle Pfeiffer, Donna Murphy, Susan Sarandon

"You're so nice.
You're not good,
You're not bad,
You're just nice.
I'm not good,
I'm not nice,
I'm just right.
I'm the Witch.
You're the world."

For the smaller parts, I'm only offering you one option, Mr. Marshall. Enjoy!


FLORINDA/LUCINDA: Casey Wilson and Michaela Watkins

"Never wear mauve at a ball...
Or pink."


CINDERELLA'S STEPMOTHER: Allison Janney

"Or open your mouth."


JACK'S MOTHER: Megan Mullally

"I wish my son were not a fool.
I wish my house was not a mess.
I wish the cow was full of milk.
I wish the house was full of gold-
I wish a lot of things..."


CINDERELLA'S MOTHER (voice only): Dolly Parton

"Do you know what you wish?
Are you certain what you wish
Is what you want?
if you know what you want,
Then make a wish."


CINDERELLA'S FATHER: Christopher Guest

"The closer to the family, the closer to the wine..."


RED'S GRANDMOTHER:  Judi Dench

"The mouth of a wolf's not the end of the world..."


STEWARD: Tom Hollander

"A servant is not just a dog to a prince."


GIANT (voice only): Kristen Johnston

*These actors are all probably too old to play these parts and should probably be new, unknown actors, but they're pretty to look at so I included them anyways.