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Actor’s name: Meryl Streep Explanation: Meryl Streep has played in multiple roles during her acting career where she had to play mean and bitter women. Some of her movies where she plays this kind of character is __The Devil Wears Prada__, in which she plays a strict and demanding women and __Death Becomes her__ where she plays a jealous and deceiving women. Those roles helped us chose her as Kate because Kate is such a mean and bitter person just like theses two roles put together. Then there is also the softer and more caring side of Streep. Two movies were you can see this side of her acting talent is __Mamma Mia__ in which she plays a carefree and open mother and __Doubt__, where she plays a passionate Nun who is looking for justice for one of her students. Her role in __Doubt__ not only shows her softer side but it also shows some of her harder side because in that movie she is very strict. We also chose her personally because she is a very talented actress and seems to be both sides of Kate as herself.
 * KATE **

Actor’s name: Johnny Depp Explanation: Johnny Depp is our choice of actors to play Petruchio. He is our choice for many reasons. One reason that Depp would be a good Petruchio is that he is a very talented actor. He has played in multiple movie types like adventure, horror, children, suspenseful, and touching movies among many other types. He can also change his personality quickly because of his talent, which is needed to play Petruchio. This is needed because in the play Petruchio is like a tyrant one second then changes into a sickly sweet person towards Kate in another. The role that Depp played that really inspired us to chose him to play Petruchio was his role in __The Pirates of the Caribbean__ chronicles. His role in this inspired us because Jack Sparrow, the character that he played, was rude, selfish, deceiving, and is sometimes a drunk. This is a dead ring for Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. Petruchio and Jack Sparrow have almost the exact same characteristics that only difference between the two is the time period.
 * PETRUCHIO **

Actor’s name: Ryan Reynolds Explanation: The person that we believe would make a good Lucentio is Ryan Reynolds because of the characters that he has played in some of his romantic comedies. In his romantic comedy __Just Friends__ and __Definitely, Maybe__ he plays geeky and shy people who are pinning for women. In the movie __Just Friends__ Reynolds plays a man who has gone through a transformation and is trying to win the love of his childhood best friend. This reminds me of Lucentio because the main character is pinning for someone who is out of his league but he doesn't give up and still tries to win her love. In __Definitely, Maybe__ Reynolds plays a man who gives of the slightly geekish and shy vibe but as good intentions with all the women that he meets in the movie. These met the requirements for that actor who is to play Lucentio because he is describes to be a good natured student who is longing for Bianca and we can also imply that Lucentio is that most popular person because of the movie __10 Thing I Hate About You.__
 * LUCENTIO **

Actor’s name: Grace Kelly Explanation: When Grace Kelly was alive she was a renowned actress and a princess. The reason that Grace Kelly would be a good Bianca is that before she died and got married her love life was a main topic of gossip in the media. This makes her similar to Bianca because even though it is not in writing you can imply from the story that Bianca's love life was discussed about among the people of Padua. Grace Kelly was also known for her beauty and was a princess in real life. Bianca, who wasn't actually a princess, was treated like one by her father and her suitors and was known by males all around because of her beauty. One of her many traits that people also knew Grace Kelly for was her demeanor. She was usually cool, calm, and poised. In the beginning of The Taming of the Shrew this is that image that Bianca gives off to her suitors and the people around her. Finally Grace Kelly resembles the actress who played Bianca in __10 Things I Hate About You__ and in the __Taming of the Shrew 1967__
 * BIANCA **

Actor’s name: Michal Douglas Explanation: Michal Douglas in real life married a much younger women. Gremio in the beginning of the Play is trying to do just this along with Hortensio. Douglas also played a mentor/ father figure to the main character in __Ghost of Girlfriends Past__. This is somewhat similar to Gremio. The difference between the two is that Gremio played more of a friend instead of a mentor. Also Douglas played a man who was trying to win over a girl in __Romancing the Stone__. Though this is only at the begging of the play, Gremio trying to win over Bianca is a major part of Gremio's character.
 * GREMIO **

Actor’s name: Nicolas Cage Explanation: The main thing that lead us to the rule of Hortensio being played by Nicolas Cage is the role that Cage played in __Valley Girl__. In __Valley Girl__ he played a boy in love with a slightly stuck up girl. Cage, in this movie, played a rude person. The reason that this role would be an good example for Cage to play Hortensio is because in the movie and book Hortensio isn't seen the good characters, and is instead is seen as a bad character next to Lucentio. Also Bianca in the movie is said to be vapid which is what the main female role in __Valley Girl__ seems to act like. Finally, in real life Cage married a much younger women much like Michal Douglas did and like Hortensio is trying to do through out the play.
 * HORTENSIO **

Actor’s name: Adam Sandler Explanation: Adam Sandler is a well known camedian so he is good at playing comical and sarcastic people. This can been shown in almost all of his movies. Even though he is rarely a secondary character in any of his movies, we believe that he could make the most of this character. Another reason that we believe that Adam Sandler would be a good Tranio, besides the fact that he is funny and sarcastic like Tranio is that in his movies he usually plays a good friend to all the other character in the movie. He also seems like he would be a real life Tranio if you were to even met ad befriend him.
 * TRANIO **

Actor’s name: Robin Williams Explanation:Robin Williams is our Baptista in our casting of __The Taming of the Shrew__. Williams was our main choice for Baptista because he is mainly known for his roles as family men or as a father. Even though this could be said about multiple actors but Williams adds a loving and caring personality to his father or family men roles. Another role that Williams has played that could help with his role as Baptista is the role he played in __August Rush__. In the movie __August Rush__ he plays a bad father figure to run away kids and uses their musical talents for his own well being. In this movie he is only looking out for himself instead of all his so called children. Baptista isn't nearly as bad as Williams character in __August Rush__, but Baptista does seem to care more for Bianca then he does for Kate.
 * BAPTISTA **

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