Christine Baranski Says 1 Mamma Mia! Star 'Hated' Dancing More Than Anyone Else

Christine Baranski in a very big hat in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!Mamma Mia! has gone down in cinema history as one of the all-time feel-good classics, but it turns out one member of the cast wasn’t always so jubilant when it came to shooting those big musical numbers.During Wednesday’s edition of The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert presented his guest, Christine Baranski, with a photo of the Mamma Mia! cast, prompting her to take a brief trip down memory lane.While she praised Pierce Brosnan for always being “game” to get stuck into a routine, and suggested Colin Firth’s moves were more “ironic” than anything, it became apparent that Stellan Skarsgård was often less enthusiastic.Or, as Christine put it: “Stellan hated it.”Reflecting on filming the Dancing Queen sequence in the 2018 Mamma Mia! sequel, the Emmy winner said that “all three actors hated” the dancing parts of the project, but it was Stellan who struggled the most.“We finally went down the hill in Dancing Queen and landed on the dock, and then it was the end of the number, and the camera would move around, and it usually would avoid Stellan,” she said.“But then, finally, Ol Parker, this wonderful, dear director, said, ‘Stellan, okay. It’s time for your close up. You have got to do the moves now. You have simply got to do the moves’.“And he let out a string of expletives. It’s as though Ol had asked him to do Arabic poetry while jumping rope. He was like, ‘I can’t do that’.”To his credit, Christine said he managed it in the end, though, recalling: “He did it! It was so funny. I love Stellan. He’s just the greatest. He’s a wonderful actor. He was a great colleague.”Check out the finished product for yourself below:Naturally, conversation in recent history has turned to whether a third Mamma Mia! movie could be on the cards, particularly since ABBA have released new material since the first sequel hit cinemas.Last year, Meryl Streep claimed that meetings about a third movie were “imminent”, but expressed interest in appearing, even though her character was killed off prior to the second film.MORE FILM NEWS:Wuthering Heights' Casting Director Shares 4-Word Response To Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi BacklashBradley Cooper's Next Project Is A Film Based On John Bishop's Life And... Sorry What?!Gary Oldman Reveals Why He Had To Apologise To Demi Moore On The Set Of The Scarlet Letter

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