6 shocks from the Mamma Mia 2 trailer
Here We Go Again.The first trailer for the highly-anticipated sequel to 2008's Mamma Mia dropped on Thursday. Earlier versions of it may have leaked on the internet in the last few days but we don't talk about those so hush now. When it was released, the first Mamma Mia movie briefly held the title as the highest-grossing film release in UK film history. (Of course, that was before the release of Skyfall, Spectre and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Basically, Mamma Mia is now in ninth place.).We've been through all two minutes and 24 seconds of the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again trailer - several times, to be honest - and we have the following questions. 1. Where in the name of Chiquitita is Meryl Streep.Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried and Christine Baranski in Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainImage copyrightUNIVERSAL. So there we were, clicking on the trailer on a perfectly pleasant Thursday morning, expecting unfiltered, light, fluffy, Abba-drenched escapism. But no: the Mamma Mia 2 producers have decided to obliterate any false sense of security we'd all been foolishly lulled into in the promo's opening seconds. As flashback images of Meryl Streep run across the screen, Julie Walters tells Amanda Seyfried: "Your mother was the bravest person we ever met. ".Hold the phone. (Ring Ring etc.) Did Mamma Mia just kill off Meryl Streep? SHE WASN'T EVEN THAT OLD. Perhaps the actress has been too busy over the last couple of years winning awards to make room in her schedule for a mimed rendition of Voulez-Vous. But still, if Donna Sheridan is dead in Mamma Mia 2, we are already done with 2018. Presentational grey line.2. Haven't we seen Jeremy Irvine do something like this before. Lily James and Jeremy Irvine in Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainImage copyrightUNIVERSAL. Image caption.Lily James plays a young Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irvine a young Pierce Brosnan. In 2013's The Railway Man, Jeremy Irvine played a young Colin Firth.He looked like a young Colin Firth, he sounded like a young Colin Firth, he WAS a young Colin Firth - as Louis Walsh might have said. So now that he's climbed aboard Mamma Mia 2, and Colin Firth is also in Mamma Mia 2, surely he'll be reprising his role as a younger version of the Oscar-winning actor?. Not quite. He's playing a young Pierce Brosnan instead, which - if we didn't already know from having just looked it up on IMDB - we certainly know now from his hairstyle in the trailer. Presentational grey line.3. Oh my god. It's Cher.Cher in Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainImage copyrightUNIVERSAL. With blonde hair and sunglasses.And apparently she's playing Meryl Streep's mum, as Amanda refers to her as "Grandma". In real life Cher is only three years older than Meryl Streep so that pregnancy must have been quite the medical breakthrough. "Grandma, you weren't invited," smiles Amanda in the trailer - the kind of smile that also says "oh my good look it's Cher I can't belieeeeeve it. "."That's the best kind of party little girl," Cher replies. Well put