Even in a thin(nish) comedy like THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, I found Julie White so brittle and "on". Those aren't bad things, necessarily, for Nora Helmer, but she always takes it that much too far for me, whereas Laurie Metcalf always remained grounded emotionally even when she take moments into extreme comedy.
Henderson is a great, really off-the-wall choice for Torvald: he's so different from Chris Cooper and yet like him has a quiet, gentle mien that can sometimes cover up a maelstrom of emotion.
I'm not familiar with the other actress who will be replacing the divine Condola Rashad, who I hope we see again in a classic, especially another Shakespeare. (I would love to see her play Rosalind or Viola or Olivia.) |
