It's hard to imagine Julie Andrews as anything remotely approaching "acerbic," but the role sounds
like a hoot anyway. The Reporter also includes more details about the plot
than I've read anywhere else, making the whole thing sound even more ridiculous
than it has before. Johnson, as we knew, plays a hockey player given the
"Tooth Fairy" nickname because of how many other players' teeth
he has knocked out (a stretch, don't you think?) When he discourages a
young boy's hopes, maybe about the tooth fairy existing, "Derek is ordered to one
week's hard labor as a real tooth fairy, complete with wings, magic wand and
frilly tutu. Along the way, he rediscovers his forgotten dreams."
OK, yeah, it's still basically just a Santa Clause knockoff. But adding
Julie Andrews to the cast has earned a lot of good faith from me, so here's hoping this
can be the one Dwayne Johnson family vehicle that actually inspires me
to see it.
Now we're talking. While casting Ashley Judd in the Dwayne Johnson Disney
vehicle The Tooth Fairy just seemed a little insulting to a talented actress,
bringing in Julie Andrews as the head of the tooth fairy agency seems right on the money. The Hollywood Reporter writes today that Andrews is joining the cast, as the "igh-ranking, acerbic supervisor with the
Tooth Fairy Department charged with overseeing Derek's stint as a tooth
fairy."