women that worked on the original musical wrote that script together, and Meryl Streep said that “the thing is like acomplete fantasy”. The three women admitted that during the character design process, they used to joke that the characters were based on themselves (however, now it’s less of a joke and they think there's a little bit of them in all three characters). The screenwriter is named Catherine Johnson (she was the one that transitioned the script from musical to screen) and in this “Making of” she even said “I thought ‘this shouldn’t be too difficult, should it? I’ve written it once, I know how the plot goes!’”. The men that acted in this project even said that since the musical is centered around women, that they were the “bimbos” of this film. By saying this, he actually meant that they were portrayed in the way that women are usually portrayed in films centered around men- they were written to be perfect people for the main character to choose from. Later in the “Making of”, Stellan Skarsgard even noted that “being a man on this production really makes you understand how women usually feel, totally objectified” (I think it was written this way on purpose!).

Since the script transition was pretty simple, at least that's how the “Making of” portrayed it, the main bulk of the work was

spent on choreographing, working with actors on their singing, and managing such a large crew. Meryl Streep actually listed off some of the challenges they faced, such as working with a huge cast, different locations, and special effects. They overcame these challenges by having an amazing director, Phyllida Lloyd, and although it was her first time directing something off stage, she still got amazing praise from both the actors and other members of the crew.

I would absolutely love to work on a film set. The energy put forth by both the crew and the actors seems so exciting, and

being able to collaborate with other people who are really invested in a project would be awesome. Working with other people who have the same love and care for film, being able to learn from those that have more experience than I do and ending up producing something I would be really proud of would be a dream come true. To be completely honest, I’d love any job. However, I’d prefer either directing or being a director of photography. Both jobs have immense pressure, but doing more of the tech stuff like sound and lights would be boring to me. Those who are really interested in that stuff and work in that area are such an important part of film making, but working with actors or the cameras are my favorite parts of film (and although I know this isn’t on a film set, I would also love to screenwrite). I love watching behind the scenes stuff like this because so much goes into film making that most people never see and I feel like being able to appreciate all the work the crew and actors put in makes the movie even better than it was before.