The Borneo Post

All the original cast of ‘Mamma Mia’ returning for sequel

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DOMINIC Cooper has confi rmed all the original cast of ‘ Mamma Mia’ are returning for the sequel.

The ‘ Preacher’ star played the role of Sky in the hit 2008 movie - based on the ABBAinspir­ed musical of the same name - alongside Meryl Streep, 68, Amanda Seyfried, 31, Colin Firth, 56, and Pierce Brosnan, 64.

T his year, Cooper, Streep, Seyfried and Brosnan all confi rmed they will be reprising their roles in the highly anticipate­d sequel but now Dominic has confi rmed co- stars including Julie Walters, Stellan Skarsgard and Firth will be coming back too.

Speaking to BANG Showbiz, Cooper said: “’ Mamma Mia 2’ is in the works. We are all dancing.

“All the original cast are returning. We are all there. We

‘Mamma Mia 2’ is in the works. We are all dancing. All the original cast are returning. We are all there. We are all a bit baggy around the jewels and we are all a bit more sunburnt. Dominic Cooper

are all a bit baggy around the jewels and we are all a bit more sunburnt.”

The ‘ Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ scribe Ol Parker will be penning and directing the fi lm, while Playtone Pictures, who produced the fi rst installmen­t, has jumped back on board for the forthcomin­g fi lm.

The iconic musical focused on a bride-to- be Sophie Sheridan ( Seyfried) trying to fi nd her real father so that he can walk her down the aisle at her wedding to Sky (Cooper).

But she was in for a shock when she realised that there are three potential men that could be her biological dad.

It’s not yet known how bosses plan to push the story on but it is thought they may decide to follow the angle of how Sophie’s mother Donna Sheridan ( Streep) met the three men; Sam Carmichael ( Brosnan), Harry Bright ( Firth) and Bill Anderson ( Skarsgard) in the years before the original story takes place.

The sequel will feature more ABBA songs that weren’t included in the 2008 movie alongside with “reprised favourites”, according to the fi lm’s official Twitter account. — BANG Showbiz

 ??  ?? (From left) Colin Firth, Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan.
(From left) Colin Firth, Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan.

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