Greta Gerwig’s got her dancing shoes on!The Oscar-nominated director and writer revealed she’s working on a musical, but didn’t share the details. “One thing I feel that the world is really missing right now is tap dancing,” Gerwig, 36, teased onVariety’sThe Big Ticket with Marc Malkinpodcast. “I’m just going to say that. Tap dancing is my favorite.”Gerwig’s current project, an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age taleLittle Womenstarring Laura Dern, Florence Pugh, Saorise Ronan, Meryl Streep, Emma Watson and Timothée Chalamet, received glowing reviews from critics and audiences alike andbeat expectationsto earn $29 million across its five-day opening last month.Little Womenboasts a 95 percent score onRotten Tomatoesand received two Golden Globe nominations.David Crotty/Patrick McMullan/GettyGerwig’s previouswriting and directing endeavorLady Bird, also starringRonan, 25, and Chalamet, 24, also earned critical acclaim and picked up two Oscar nominations and two Golden Globe nominations following its 2017 release.Next up Gerwig will be acting in a New York Theater Workshop production ofChekhov’s Three Sistersand she’ll bewriting the live-actionBarbiemoviestarringMargot Robbiewith her partner,Marriage Storydirector and directorNoah Baumbach.Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan and Eliza Scanlen inLittle Women.Wilson Webb/Columbia Pictures“She came to us and had a very exciting idea and was interested to hear our ideas,” Gerwig continued toVarietyofRobbie, 29. “I can’t really speak to it yet because it’s early days but it’s a very exciting prospect.”Gerwig also quipped that she has a “girl crush” on Robbie, adding, “Doesn’t everyone?”Little Womenis out now.
Greta Gerwig’s got her dancing shoes on!
The Oscar-nominated director and writer revealed she’s working on a musical, but didn’t share the details. “One thing I feel that the world is really missing right now is tap dancing,” Gerwig, 36, teased onVariety’sThe Big Ticket with Marc Malkinpodcast. “I’m just going to say that. Tap dancing is my favorite.”
Gerwig’s current project, an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age taleLittle Womenstarring Laura Dern, Florence Pugh, Saorise Ronan, Meryl Streep, Emma Watson and Timothée Chalamet, received glowing reviews from critics and audiences alike andbeat expectationsto earn $29 million across its five-day opening last month.Little Womenboasts a 95 percent score onRotten Tomatoesand received two Golden Globe nominations.
David Crotty/Patrick McMullan/Getty
Gerwig’s previouswriting and directing endeavorLady Bird, also starringRonan, 25, and Chalamet, 24, also earned critical acclaim and picked up two Oscar nominations and two Golden Globe nominations following its 2017 release.
Next up Gerwig will be acting in a New York Theater Workshop production ofChekhov’s Three Sistersand she’ll bewriting the live-actionBarbiemoviestarringMargot Robbiewith her partner,Marriage Storydirector and directorNoah Baumbach.
Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Saoirse Ronan and Eliza Scanlen inLittle Women.Wilson Webb/Columbia Pictures
“She came to us and had a very exciting idea and was interested to hear our ideas,” Gerwig continued toVarietyofRobbie, 29. “I can’t really speak to it yet because it’s early days but it’s a very exciting prospect.”
Gerwig also quipped that she has a “girl crush” on Robbie, adding, “Doesn’t everyone?”
Little Womenis out now.
source: people.com
