Seducing Ingrid Bergman

[imsounoriginal]

Would bet good money that Alicia Vikander ends up playing Bergman.

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Would bet good money that Alicia Vikander ends up playing Bergman.

Seeing how she's the only Swedish actress Hollywood is aware of (Noomi Rapace only seems to get cast in thankless B-movies nowadays and everyone else would be seen as too ethnic) and Vikander already narrated a documentary on Bergman, it's likely the film only gets made with her on board.

I'd rather this were a small independent film than the Hollywoodized product (though ironically produced by Yash Raj, one of India's biggest companies) it's bound to be. But if it reunites Mangold with Phedon Papamichael (who didn't lens either Wolverine film Mangold directed due to conflicts with Alexander Payne's films), it guess it can't be all bad.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Would bet good money that Alicia Vikander ends up playing Bergman.

Why not cast Rebecca Ferguson, a Swedish actress who unlike Vikander, actually looks a lot like Ingrid Bergman ?

[TheLaughingMann]

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

Why not cast Rebecca Ferguson, a Swedish actress who unlike Vikander, actually looks a lot like Ingrid Bergman ?

I would be all over this. I've loved her since the White Queen, and it got amplified with her work in the new MI and in Girl on the Train and Hercules (the Rock version).

[spanky87]

Good call on Rebecca Ferguson.

I wouldn't put it past Hollywood to cast Vikander in the role, but Bergman should be played a real woman, not some dainty little girl.

[ElliesDad]

As much as I hate seeing the terms 'seducing' and 'Ingrid Bergman' in the same sentence my interest could be whetted by an appearance by Alicia Vikander. She is gorgeous and she demonstrated in "A Royal Affair" that she can do strength, gravitas, and poise. And how about Michael Shannon as Capa? He has the same rough general look as Capa and would provide an astounding counterpoint to Vikander's slighter presence and more demure features.

But, whatever, this would need to be done with style, class, and elegance. A title change might be a good start. And they would need to go big~ the storyline really does have some promise and this could be a real winner if Mangold can rise to the task. And for gawdsake, no CGI! Use some imagination!