Which movie would you like Saoirse to star?
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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 -
cadelano — 10 years ago(February 19, 2016 10:01 PM)
So major Kudos to whoever predicted that
On Chesil Beach
casting spot on though, of course, if that person happens to be her agent, then it doesn't count.
Since we already had one pretty great casting guess here, I'm gonna go ahead and take a wild guess. Have you heard about the TV adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's
Purity
? Well, Daniel Craig will star and Scott Rudin will produce in a limited, 20 episode run (though that should be good for two seasons and is kind of a stretch considering the book is around 500 pages): http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/daniel-craig-purity-jonathan-franzen-showtime-drama-1201705677/
Since the lead character in the book is a young woman trying to discover her past with the help of a mysterious tech-wiz, to be played by Craig, it seems a rather fitting role for Sersh. Now, considering that Rudin is also producing
Lady Bird
and
The Crucible
, it wouldn't surprise me if he would consider Ronan for the role, being exactly the kind of interesting project that projects her5b4 and also pushing her closer to that EGOT. On the other hand, the plot does sound very similar to
Mr. Robot
And for some additional casting ideas:- Zelda Fitzgerald in a biopic about her and Francis Scott Fitzgerald, you know, the writer of
Tender is the Night
among others. I've read once that instead of trying to adapt his novels, they should totally make a movie about their extraordinary and sad lives. A perfect title for this movie would be
The Beautiful and the Damned
, but apparently it was already taken by this novel from the 30s. - Franchise time: So, Tom Cruise, crazy as he is, has been producing and fronting some of the finest popcorn movies in the last five years. The guy knows how to surround himself with some damn clever and talented people. At the same time, as his priority is the quality of the movie, he has had no problems allowing Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson to steal the scenes in his last two movies. Well,
Top Gun 2
is getting made, and since the plot will be about him being the mentor of the last generation of jet fighter pilots, against the rise of the drones, it would be a lot of fun to see her as the pupil/maverick/pain-in-the-ass. I know many of you will think that a project like that is below her skills, but every ber-talented actor has done franchise-popcorn films (it pays handsomely after all), and if you're going to make one of those, do it w5b4ith someone who has 30 years experience doing silly fun.
- Zelda Fitzgerald in a biopic about her and Francis Scott Fitzgerald, you know, the writer of
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Poetswan — 10 years ago(February 20, 2016 03:38 PM)
I haven't heard about this book Purity yet, do you recommend it? I think Saoirse going to TV right now would be a really strange move, since her movie carrer is skyrocketing right now, but if its just 20 episodes and its with Daniel Craig and Scott Rudin producing, why not?
I just read a little bit about the Fitzgerald and Wow their story would make a great film, maybe even a miniserie. Now i want to see it, great sugestion
Top gun 2 would be fun, Saoirse needs a blockbuster to become an A-list actress in Hollywood -
monicsufmg — 10 years ago(February 22, 2016 08:35 PM)
Read Save me the Waltz. Its a wonderful book written by Zelda that has many parallels to her real life with Scott. Saoirse would be great playing the main character, its such a nice story and character.
"How is it possible to feel nostalgia for a world I never knew?" - The Motorcycle Diaries