To celebrate its 15th anniversary, Vogue spoke to members of the cast and crew about the odds-defying success of “Mamma Mia!” on the stage, adapting it for the screen, casting the A-list ensemble, day-drinking in Greece, those infamous party photos, and much more.
It’s very difficult to simulate fun in a movie. It’s one of the hardest things to do in terms of acting, actually. There are so many movies with terribly cringe-inducing scenes of people “having a good time” where it looks forced. Spontaneity is very hard to fake when you’re doing take after take and waiting around. But the spirit of the community we were in meant the fun was real. We weren’t being asked to take ourselves too seriously, so that really led to a certain freedom.
If Streep’s eyewear in the “Money, Money, Money” sequence look familiar, that’s because they’re the same Gucci sunglasses she wore as Miranda Priestly inOne of the challenges was that asking me to envision some glamorous fantasy was not my forte at all. We came up with this Anthony dreamed up the flipper dance for the stage show, and it’s always been one of my favorite moments. It was always gonna be in the movie, but I also wanted there to be an epic moment where the guys ride off into the sunset on jet-skis. It wasn’t just those guys hoisting Sky on their shoulders and carrying him offstage. Because it’s a movie, they could vanish into the sunset like young Greek gods going off on a mission.
Shooting at Pinewood was very difficult, but Greece was very relaxing. Even when we had to work, we were on a beach lying in the sun and jumping in the water in between takes.There was a lot of time off. What’s that wine they drink in Greece? Retsina? There was aThere were some incredible little monasteries we would visit on days off. Nights out were fun, because by that point we all enjoyed each other’s company enormously.
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