Minnie Driver joins NBC’s Peter Pan Live!
Minnie Driver is the latest actor to join NBC’s Peter Pan Live!, according to Deadline. While Driver is a singer who’s released several albums, it doesn’t look like she’ll be doing any of that for the live broadcast. Instead, the About A Boy star will take on the newly expanded role of Wendy. The stage show ends with a scene in which Peter Pan returns to collect Wendy for another flight to Neverland, only to discover she’s grown up and now has a daughter of her own. Generally the same actress who plays young Wendy also portrays older Wendy, but producers thought perhaps 23-year-old Taylor Louderman looked too young for both roles. So now Driver will play the adult Wendy, while also serving as a narrator throughout the show.