Blog Enrty Number 7

For the character Puck, I have chosen Will Ferrell. He is a very funny and talented actor and he has starred in many movies that showed his comedic side like Kicking and Screaming, The Campaign, Elf, and Blades of Glory. In almost all of the movies that he is in he plays a very funny and comedic role. Will Ferrell would be the perfect person to play Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream because in the play Puck is a very funny guy, likes to play a lot of tricks on people, and gets a laugh out of them every time. In the play when Puck was talking to the fairy she says to him in Act II “Either I mistake your shape and making quite, or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite call’d Robin Goodfellow. Are not you he that frights the maidens of the villager, skim milk, and sometimes labour in the quern, and bootless make the breathless housewife churn,” (II, i, 32-37). This funny and mischievous side of Puck would work really well for Will Ferrell because he likes to play funny roles and I think that he would have fun playing tricks on people. Also Will looks to be about the right age to play this role of Puck.

 

For the character Titania, I think that Anna Hathaway would be a good actress to fit her part. She is a very talented actress and has been in many different types of movies like The Princess Diaries 1 &2, Les Miserables, Bride Wars, and Ella Enchanted. In both the Princess Diaries movies and Ella enchanted, Anna Hathaway played a sort of royal or magical role. Also in some of the movies she has been in she has played sort of a demanding role, so she would fit Titania’s role really well. In Act II Titania says “Fairies, away. We shall chide downright if I longer stay.” (II, I, 129-130). This shows that she is sort of the leader of the fairies and kind of orders them around. I think that Anne Hathaway would be good and doing that since she has before and she would also be used to being around magic so she would probably be comfortable with the fairies and the other magic that’s in the play.

For the character Helena, I think that Amanda Bynes would be a really great actress to play her part. She is a very good actress and has been in many movies that showed different sides to her like Hairspray, Sydney White, She’s the Man, and What a Girl Wants. In almost all of the movies that she has been in she plays a very clumsy and sort of awkward role, I feel like this fits Helena’s personality really well. Also in Hairspray, Amanda Bynes plays a sort of side kick role to the main actress and kind of just follows her and does what she does. This is kind of how Helena acts towards Hermia and lets her make the decisions most of the time. Also in Hairspray, Amanda Bynes really looks like the way that Hermia looks in the actual movie of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and acts the same way as Helena does. In Act II Helena says “How came her eyes so bright? Not with salt tears. If so, my eyes are oftener washed than hers. No, no, I am as ugly as a bear, for beasts that meet me run away for fear.” (II, ii, 65-68). I fell like Amanda Bynes would be able to play this really unconfident role pretty well since she has in the past with other movies. Also Amanda Bynes is blonde and in some of her movies she has been made to look not the prettiest, so she probably could again for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.