Michelle Williams, who played Charity Hallett-Barnum, the wife of Hugh Jackman’s P.T. Barnum in 2017 musical The Greatest Showman, is hoping for a sequel, citing the musical numbers that have been popular for those of all ages.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Michelle Williams said, “Those songs come on the radio and I’m singing them. I hear it in the grocery store and I want to dance to it.” Of course, Williams is referring to tracks like “The Greatest Show” and the Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated “This Is Me”. Adding to this, Williams called for a sequel, saying, “The Greatest Showman sequel, part two, come on!…That movie makes you feel good. People love it. Kids love it. Grown-ups love it. I love it. More please.”
You heard her! More songs! More dance! More hyping of a man who had no problem owning slaves, abusing animals and exploiting those with disabilities!
Michelle Williams is certainly not the only one who wants a The Greatest Showman sequel. The soundtrack album was a chart topper, even going 12-times platinum combined in the U.S. and U.K. While reviews of the movie itself were far from stellar, it still pulled in $435 million worldwide.
Interestingly, Michelle Williams has only appeared in one sequel in her career, which stretches back to the mid-1990s. More recently was 2021’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage, while her first was 1998’s Halloween H20, in which she played Molly, the girlfriend of Josh Hartnett’s character, who himself was the son of Laurie Strode. (The original article initially omitted Venom: Let There Be Carnage.)
In addition to The Greatest Showman and a potential sequel, Michelle Williams also hit on her debut in 1994’s Lassie, her breakout as Jen Lindley on Dawson’s Creek and her work in dramas such as 2006’s Brokeback Mountain, 2010’s Blue Valentine and 2016’s Manchester by the Sea, all of which earned her Academy Award nominations. Williams also discussed her latest film, Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, which very well could earn her a fifth Oscar nod.
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