Which movie would you like Saoirse to star?
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Steve7216 — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 05:29 AM)
Astute observation Poetswan. This board's activity really started to heat up when Hanna debuted. mysteryfan was posting even before then, and jlent and I came along with some others who're still with us and post occasionally. Some of the regulars have disappeared. We had a lot of discussion about the film.
If I recall correctly, the man who wrote the script created it when he was still a writing student in college at one of the Canadian schools. Marissa
was
indeed her mother in the earliest version of Hanna. My guess is the producers/director probably felt audiences would have reacted negatively if she killed her mom at the end of the film.
Actually, if you changed the ending, Saoirse and Cate could've had a bunch of interesting scenes together. It might have become a more complex film in a psychological sense. -
Poetswan — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 06:21 AM)
It would have been so much better with Marissa as her mother, like you said, so many interesting scenes! What a missed oportunity.
BTW Brooklyn will finally come to my town
It will premiere in only one theater, this friday, and i will be there. Thought I don't think it will get a big audience, because its the same day as the deadpool premiere. -
Poetswan — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 10:44 AM)
Yes, they are really large screens. I was mistaken, the premiere is thursday not friday, here is the link:
http://www.cinepolis.com.br/programacao/cinema.php?CIDADE=2&cc=2
you have to click where is written 11/2 17/02/2016 -
Steve7216 — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 03:57 PM)
Thanks. Brooklyn has been here in Southeast Florida since the third week of November, and it's booked through this Thursday. I'll have to check tomorrow to see if the film retains its locations through this coming weekend and beyond.
I'd love for you to post about your experiences when you have had the chance to see in on a big screen. -
CountJohn — 10 years ago(February 06, 2016 09:57 PM)
That would just be really odd and out of left field. In a big movie like Bourne, tying it in with a small movie not a lot of people remember. I know it's probably just a fanfic thing you think about for fun, though.
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CountJohn — 10 years ago(February 06, 2016 10:04 PM)
I was going to say first that I wanted to see her in an old-fashioned romantic drama, but that's pretty much what she just did with Brooklyn. Maybe an old-fashioned screwball comedy type thing?
I could see her playing aristocratic characters frequently in the future. She seems to have the kind of face for it, especially now that she's aged.
She should stay away from the Marvel-esq blockbusters and keep doing good movies with good directors. I'd like to see her work with lots of top shelf directors like Spielberg, Eastwood, the Coens, Paul Greengrass and I'd especially like it if she becomes a Wes Anderson regular on his future films. -
jlent — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 06:39 AM)
I think a comedy would be great and really round out her resume. She's got big dramatic theater roles coming up, in film with The Seagull and onstage in the Crucible, and a goofball role, maybe with her hero Kristen Wiig, would be wonderful.
As for royalty, I don't know if Mary Queen of Scotts is still in the picture. I just googled it and couldn't find word one about it since October 2013.
The big directors should come. They're already there. Spielberg signed off on Saoirse for his production of The Lovely Bones that Peter Jackson directed. Wes Anderson coming to see her at the New York Film Festival is a good sign of future work together though it's hard to predict that wild bird. -
cadelano — 10 years ago(February 10, 2016 10:05 PM)
Ladies and Gentlemen, a few totally reasonable suggestions:
- Since Helen Mirren has mentioned over and over again with that Grandma pride how much she loves Sersh and dreams of working together, same as Cate Blanchett, somebody, please get to it. There have to be at least a hundred great inter-generational dramas or comedies going around for them to play grandma-mother-daughter. And let's add Vanessa Redgrave, because of course and because Saoirse is also inheriting from her. This seems like a job for James L. Brooks or something.
- Something with the McDonagh brothers.
- Some people have commented that a young Hillary Clinton and Saoirse had similar looks. I read once that a movie about her early years was being developed. Whatever you might think of her, that is certainly a meaty role for her to take. I think it would work better as a HBO-style TV Movie, to get her closer to the E in that triple crown of acting.
- Finally coming around to that Mary Queen of Scots movie. Fun fact, you know who played that role and Nina in
The Seagull
in the previous major film adaptations? Vanessa Redgrave. - Some new approach on The Troubles, that is neither clich or melodramatic.
- And finally, the motherload. Did you know that over 800,000 women fought in the Soviet Army during World War II? In all branches? And that there were ace fighteb68r pilots in that bunch? Someone should adapt the stories of Yekaterina Budanova and Lydia Litvyak (links below), female Nazi killers and friends. Let's check the boxes:
- Set in World War II-
- In the criminally underrepresented Eastern Front
- Two beep strong, real female characters
- Any of which could be played convincingly by Saoirse (Lydia's face is more similar, though Yekaterina had the striking blue eyes)
- Characters who had rough upbringings and yet accomplished badass things while very young
- Characters which were also very complex and colorful
- Could lead to a sprawling series of movies on these women, including the Night Witches, who broke havoc over Nazis with obsolete biplanes
- Seriously, why hasn't this been made into a movie yet?
I guess it would be the proper thing to do to have one of them played by a Russian actress, while Saoirse could be the English-Language markets "catch". In the unlikely case some producer is snooping around here, for beep's sake, feel free to "steal" this idea as long as you make damn sure Saoirse is cast as one of these women. And also, have Katherine Bigelow or Ava Du Vernay directing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Litvyak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterina_Budanova
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Poetswan — 10 years ago(February 11, 2016 04:18 AM)
Saoirse with Vanessa, Helen and Cate would be epic! I really like your idea about the WW II pilots, but i think its unlikely that producers from US or UK would accept to make a movie about sovietic soldiers.
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Markunator — 10 years ago(February 12, 2016 02:25 AM)
- Something with the McDonagh brothers.
F|UCKING. YES. TO THIS! - Some people have commented that a young Hillary Clinton and Saoirse had similar looks. I read once that a movie about her early years was being developed. Whatever you might think of her, that is certainly a meaty role for her to take. I think it would work better as a HBO-style TV Movie, to get her closer to the E in that triple crown of acting.
Ugh, no thanks! I despise Shillary with every fiber of my soul. - Some new approach on The Troubles, that is neither clich or melodramatic.
You know what? I've actually thought about this too. What I had in mind was that she would star in a film directed by Steve McQueen (whose directorial debut
Hunger
was about the Troubles) set in Belfast in the early '70s, where Saoirse Ronan plays one of the daughters of a Republican family who is also an informant for the MI5/MI6. Frequent Steve McQueen collaborator Michael Fassbender would play her handler, and Chiwetel Ejiofor could play a British officer whose unit is deployed to Belfast. Lupita Nyong'o could play Fassbender's colleague within the MI5/MI6 (her and Ejiofor have also worked with McQueen). It would be similar to both
Shadow Dancer
and
'71
.
Finally, cadelano, let me say that I
adore
your suggestion of Saoirse Ronan playing Lydia Litvyak or Yekaterina Budanova! However, because both of our ideas are so good, we'll sadly never see them. The odds were always microscopic anyway, but still.
Give me the ball. - Baseball Bat Man,
The Raid 2
- Something with the McDonagh brothers.
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cadelano — 10 years ago(February 18, 2016 07:25 PM)
Hi!
Ugh, no thanks! I despise Shillary with every fiber of my soul.
I see your issue with Hillary, but it is precisely because she is such a complex, duplicitous character, that it would be great to see Sersh's take on her. Just remember how great Julianne Moore was as Palin in
Game Change
.
I'm guessing a movie about the Soviet ace women could get financed as a multi-country European coproduction, thus Saoirse could attract a whole swath of investors and distributors for the non European market. On the other hand, Russia just produced its own 30M Stalingrad movie on their own so if they wanted to do this one, they certainly could.
I love the idea of a McQueen take on the Troubles with Sersh as a traitor, which is that mother of a role for any actor, involving a beep of work with facial expressions. I would love to see this one as a gut-wrenching, Irish
Love Actually
, bringing, somehow, Fassbender (the dad?), the Gleesons (uncle and brother?), Broadbent and Walters (the grandparents?), Neeson (friendly local cop?), Farrell (IRA leader 1), and Daniel Day-Lewis (IRA supraleader). Steal these ideas if you are reading Mr. McQueen. -
Markunator — 10 years ago(February 20, 2016 12:37 PM)
I see your issue with Hillary, but it is precisely because she is such a complex, duplicitous character, that it would be great to see Sersh's take on her. Just remember how great Julianne Moore was as Palin in
Game Change
.
Yeah, I see what you mean by that.
On the other hand, Russia just produced its own 30M Stalingrad movie on their own
Which sucked, allegedly.
bringing, somehow, Fassbender (the dad?)
No, I imagined him being her contact in the MI5. Kind of like how Clive Owen is Andrea Riseborough's contact in
Shadow Dancer
.
Give me the ball.- Baseball Bat Man,
The Raid 2
- Baseball Bat Man,
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monicsufmg — 10 years ago(February 22, 2016 08:29 PM)
Working with McQueen is a major honor for anyone. Hes uber talented and is in total control of what he is doing. I hope she can work with him in the future, i really dont mind the project. Just to work with him would be glorious.
"How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?" - The Motorcycle Diaries -
zorrodvd — 10 years ago(February 18, 2016 11:55 AM)
Just read that the sequel to the seminal Blade Runner has a Jan.12, 2018 release date. Helmed by Sicario director Denis Villeneuve and starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, it's due to begin principal photography in July.
No other cast have been announced as of yet (as far I can ascertain), so I'd love to see Saoirse in that. -
cadelano — 10 years ago(February 18, 2016 06:12 PM)
Me too! The reports state that it will take place some decades after the original's setting. Gosling should recommend her for a role there. And since Villeneuve has introduced some pretty great female characters in his filmography, it stands to reason that there should be a female role that is not "The Girl".
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monicsufmg — 10 years ago(February 22, 2016 08:31 PM)
eah, but not sure she can enter this project due to her schedule. I think her year of 2016 is full already,the play in the first semester and shooting two films..
"How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?" - The Motorcycle Diaries