Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26087679-20150328164505/@comment-26104918-20150402044414

All of these people are great actors, but they're mostly film actors and wouldn't accept a role on TV (maybe a one-shot one, but nothing more.) However, i'll play along.

I think Anne Hathaway would make a great Mary Poppins (I think Mary poppins would work as a character. She fits into the fantasy genre, and she can be molded to fit into a role into the Enchanted Forest. If we can have a modern-ish character like Cruella, we could have her. Or she could be like the Dragon and be someone with magic from the LWM. Heck, she could have been "banished" like Cruella and Ursula.)

If Anastasia is one of Cinderellas step sisters, Sarah Jessica Parker might make a good Drizella.

Helena Bonham Carter would be a good Morgana, but I also think that Brooke Shields would good too. They would both bring out different sides of the character.

Johnny Depp as the original Dark One/Horned King and Meryl Streep as his rival as a fairy, an ancestor of the Blue Fairy.

Christopher Lloyd as Merlin/The Sorcerer.

Jim Carrey as Rip Van Winkle. This kind of character could be a funny one and he would be perfect.

Will Smith as Paul Bunyan.

I would say do Amy Adams as Merida, but I don't think that Merida should be in the show. The only reason I was okay with something like the Frozen arc was becasue it was partially based on The Snow Queen, which is a fairytale. Brave wasn't based on anything - it was created by Pixar and didn't originate from anything else (someone correct me if i'm wrong). This show, even though it borrows from Disney half the time, is rooted in stories, novels, books, fairytales, legends, etc. So I feel using Brave characters would overstep those boundaries. If I were to have Amy Adams play someone else, maybe have her as a Aphrodite. Or have someone who is evil and needs to look beautiful transform into her.

Since Angeline Jolie just did Maleficent, I can't see her being on the show. Ever. And I can't think of a good role for Brad Pitt.