As you might know, the live remake of the Sound of Music aired last night, and the reviews weren’t exactly raving. Carrie Underwood took on the almost impossible role of Maria, played by the iconic Julie Andrews in the original silver screen version. While Carrie is a fine singer, acting isn’t exactly her strong suit, and it showed.
And now members of the real Von Trapp family are stepping forward with their choice of who should have played Maria. Can you guess who?
Anne Hathaway! Said Myles Von Trapp Derbyshire, the great-grandson of Maria Von Trapp, about the live TV event,““It’s just upsetting that this could potentially be the final broadcast of our story. And although her voice is amazing, she doesn’t have acting experience…. It’s just the overall image, she’s a country star, she won ‘American Idol,’ she’s very public in kind of a tabloid way.” He went on to say,”“[Our family has] had the conversations of who could play this role better and it was Anne Hathaway, for example. Here’s someone who just won an Oscar for a similar situation [in Les Miserables]. She was able to act and sing.” Do you agree with the Von Trapp’s choice?
