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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 14, 2019 13:01:40 GMT
Um, this is baffling casting. Metcalf can do anything but I don't see her as Martha at all - wayyyyyyyyyyy too old and plain and Izzard I guess could have some fun with George's nasty barbs but he is not major enough he could maybe surprise..............maybe? What's even more perplexing is Joe Mantello who is directing, normally casts with an unerring eye and hotshot/vulgarian Scott Rudin who normally has his big time productions with more common sense. Not saying it won't work but ............it's digging itself a hole to begin with.  deadline.com/2019/04/laurie-metcalf-eddie-izzard-broadway-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-revival-joe-mantello-1202595376/#comments |
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Post by stephen on Apr 14, 2019 13:17:44 GMT
I hate the play and its adaptation, but I actually can see Izzard being a good fit for George and I can see Metcalf playing against expectation and being able to do more with the Martha role than what one typically would expect.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 13:51:15 GMT
It's hard for me to say that Metcalf is miscast - as you say, she's incredibly versatile. But it is possible that she's "over-cast" in Broadway productions as of late. She's fantastic, truly, but I would like to see some other actresses of a certain age have a chance at these parts. By the way, pacinoyes - Did you know that Henry Fonda and Richard Burton wanted to make a gay version of the play with Warren Beatty and Jon Voight? Albee wouldn't grant permission for it, but what a fascinating idea! |
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 16, 2019 14:17:18 GMT
It's hard for me to say that Metcalf is miscast - as you say, she's incredibly versatile. But it is possible that she's "over-cast" in Broadway productions as of late. She's fantastic, truly, but I would like to see some other actresses of a certain age have a chance at these parts. By the way, pacinoyes - Did you know that Henry Fonda and Richard Burton wanted to make a gay version of the play with Warren Beatty and Jon Voight? Albee wouldn't grant permission for it, but what a fascinating idea! That is an awesome idea and I knew about Burton but not Fonda - interesting fact! Could have made it more Boys in The Band in a way and a good way too. Burton is a fascinating guy and a fascinating actor full of ideas - don't get me started but basically he was Olivier's heir and unlike Olivier he didn't have his work ethic or his ability to manage his drinking but he always challenged what people thought about acting. In his bio there is a great letter that he wrote on Al Pacino's behalf - he didn't even know him - about the hypocrisy of negative reviews for Richard III and how Pacino was "like" him - he didn't have to do that at all and listen to the way he describes in clip one the actor he IS and the actor he doesn't want to be, ever. Clip 1 is Burton with noted critic/writer/producer Kenneth Tynan - and this is shocking stuff - he literally is saying here about directors what film directors like Hitchcock often said about actors ("they are cattle"). Look at how Tynan challenges him and how he listens to him and wants to be challenged - in the 2nd clip - in less than 30 seconds! - he destroys Brecht - Tynan challenges him again on that..........Burton, well if you see the first clip know what he thinks about directors, thinks even less of critics.  |
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 7, 2020 21:09:01 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 21, 2020 17:08:48 GMT
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