MGM Sets Julianne Moore And Gabriella Wilde For ‘Carrie’ Remake

COMMENTS (5)

• On the hot meter, Gabriella Wilde’s a 10. Can she act? Don’t really care as long as she’s in the opening shower scene!!!!

  Comment by Hot meter — Friday May 11, 2012 @ 5:47pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Remake! Cha cha cha!
  Remake! Cha cha cha!

  Comment by Sssssssssssss — Friday May 11, 2012 @ 5:58pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This is going to be a tricky one. The script, like the book, is not played even slightly for camp. Margaret White’s character in particular is given a very literal interpretation. As great an actress as Moore is, I’m worried. If she tries to shade this character with even a hint of irony or wit, she’s going to seem like she’s in a different film than everyone else. Unless they can overhaul the script in a way that makes room for the kind of tonal shifting that the original did so well, Moore is going to have to get in there and play defense, like she did in PSYCHO, which means making her role a smaller, quieter, and, unfortunately, thankless one.

  Comment by takeitoutsidemimi — Friday May 11, 2012 @ 6:08pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Has Julianne Moore ever seen Piper Laurie’s Oscar nominated performance? It’s amazing. Patricia Clarkson tried playing it in the tv remake and no one remembers it because she played it flat/dry/matter of fact.

  I’m interested to see the final cut but the original just got it soooo right I don’t see room for improvement.

  Comment by JJ — Saturday May 12, 2012 @ 7:16am PDT  Reply to this post

• Poor Chloe. She went from superhero to vampire to werewolf to . . . telekinetic teenager.

  Please give this talented actress some real roles.

  Comment by CynicalCritic — Monday May 14, 2012 @ 10:46am PDT  Reply to this post