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It didn’t work.ĪRMSTRONG Kirsten Dunst really blew out of the water.įRAZIER I still wanted Reese to play Older Amy because she and Kirsten were a superb match. She was also short, which helped.ĭI NOVI It just was weird to have someone be a little girl and then a grown-up. Natalie Portman, Thora Birch and other actresses read for the part of the youngest March sister, Amy, who grows up during the course of the film, and another future A-lister was close to signing on.ĪRMSTRONG Our biggest decision was really should we have two Amys or one? If we were going to go with someone who could play both old and young Amy, the very best person we auditioned was Reese Witherspoon.
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I began lobbying heavily for Trini Alvarado. SWICORD There were talks around Mary-Louise Parker for Meg, but there was a sense that we wanted someone who felt less edgy. Brooke role wasn’t large, everything about it felt right. But they worked it out.ĮRIC STOLTZ I’d read the book and Robin’s script, and I told them I’d do anything. SUSAN SARANDON When they asked me to do it, it was toward the end of the school year, and I had a pretty strict policy about not leaving my young kids. Offers went to Susan Sarandon and Christian Bale for the roles of Marmee and Laurie, and auditions for additional roles began in early 1994. After doing “My Brilliant Career,” I just thought, it’s another period film about a feisty, intelligent girl who finally becomes a writer. GILLIAN ARMSTRONG The big sell when they approached me was: A woman has never directed this story, one of the most important stories ever written by a woman. SWICORD I will credit Winona because she really wanted a female director, and there weren’t that many at the time.