The Greatest Showman
Michelle Williams says she hopes they eventually makeThe Greatest Showman2 . Williams first get to bulge in her role as Jen Lindley on the classic teen soapDawson ’s Creekin the late 90s . After the show ended , she went on to asterisk in the Best Picture nomineeBrokeback Mountain , kickstarting a career in indie and arthouse films with more meaty roles and take in her the first of four Oscar nominating speech so far . Her other nominate roles were in the 2010 romantic dramaBlue Valentineopposite Ryan Gosling , the 2012 Marilyn Monroe biopicMy Week with Marilyn , and the 2016Kenneth Lonergan tragedyManchester by the Sea .
In 2017 , she went on to star inThe Greatest Showman , a musical biopic with songs by Pasek & Paul starring Hugh Jackman as carnival baron P.T. Barnum . Williams plays Charity Barnum , Barnum ’s childhood sweetheart and eventual married woman and mother to his youngster . While she supported his dreams unconditionally , their marriage was on the rocks when he determine to tour the country with gorgeous opera house singer Jenny Lind ( Rebecca Ferguson ) , remind Williams to belt out her only solo in the film , " Tightrope . " The pic concluded with him realise that the place he sincerely belong was with his family . The photographic film ’s ensemble cast also include Keala Settle , Yahya Abdul - Mateen II , Zendaya , andHigh School Musicalalum Zac Efron .
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latterly , Williams spoke withVarietyfor their cover story about her career . During the conversation , she expressed how much she loved being inThe Greatest Showman , considering what a variety of pace it was from her more intense dramatic study . She read that " I like they ’d make a sequel " because " I would make another one of those in a jiffy . "
The Greatest Showman 2isn’t only out of the question reckon that the film was a considerable sleeper success . It open at # 4 on Christmas weekend in 2017 with a paltry $ 8 million but end up subsist many week into the New Year . Although it never hit number 1 , it ended up grossing more than 4x its budget worldwide and becoming a pop culture sensation , even being nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song . With that variety of track record , it makes utter gumption why producer would see fit to greenlight another entrance in the dealership .
The reality of P.T. Barnum ’s living and the ending of the cinema would make it slightly difficult for asequel toThe Greatest Showmanto be made . However , the original celluloid already train Brobdingnagian permit with its source material - in real life , Barnum did n’t make his starting in the circus industry until he was 60 years old , 3 age before his married woman Charity pass away . It would n’t be totally out of bounds for a continuation to completely fictionalize the next chapter that view the character render to the carnival for more escapade .
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