<P> A baker ( James Corden ) and his wife ( Emily Blunt ) wish for a child but suffer under a curse laid upon the baker 's family by a Witch ( Meryl Streep ) who found the baker 's father robbing her garden when his mother was pregnant . Because the baker 's father also stole some magic beans , the witch was punished with the curse of ugliness by her own mother . The witch offers to lift the curse but only if the baker and his wife obtain four critical items for her to make a potion : a cow as white as milk , a cape as red as blood , a strand of hair as yellow as corn , and a slipper as pure as gold . The witch later tells the baker that she asked him to do this task for her because she is not allowed to touch any of the objects . </P>
<P> A baker ( James Corden ) and his wife ( Emily Blunt ) wish for a child but suffer under a curse laid upon the baker 's family by a Witch ( Meryl Streep ) who found the baker 's father robbing her garden when his mother was pregnant . Because the baker 's father also stole some magic beans , the witch was punished with the curse of ugliness by her own mother . The witch offers to lift the curse but only if the baker and his wife obtain four critical items for her to make a potion : a cow as white as milk , a cape as red as blood , a strand of hair as yellow as corn , and a slipper as pure as gold . The witch later tells the baker that she asked him to do this task for her because she is not allowed to touch any of the objects . </P>
who plays the baker in into the woods
who plays the baker in into the woods
James Corden
James Corden