Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update- Page 6

[Theatre Fan3]

Posted: 9/14/21 at 6:35pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "You phunny. That profile is 25 years old AND Paige is now 74 years old! You guys think everyone is ageless and assume she’s as agile and vocally youthful as she was in 1996 when she was 48. Heck, let’s throw Betty White in there also as she’s still breathing. Heck, she looked great on THE GOLDEN GIRLS and sko what that it was almost 40 years ago. She still has to be just a fit and agile today. Both Streisand and Minnelli have lost their trademark voices yet people assume their voices are intact and are still as great as they were 50-60 years ago."

Nowhere in my post did I say that I thought Elaine Paige should be in a film version of the show.  I merely stated that, in my opinion (and other's judging by comments made in the documentary including ALW) that her performance in the role was the pure perfection.  Yes, I know that she is now 74 years old ... so is Glenn Close ... so what is your point?

 

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 9/15/21 at 2:19am

Wait, Betty White as Norma Desmond would be everything

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 10/6/21 at 11:59am

ALW has said that production is currently on hold, as Paramount is not interested in going forward with the project at this time.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-Reveals-Production-on-SUNSET-BOULEVARD-Film-Has-Been-Stalled-20211006

[Kad]

Posted: 10/6/21 at 12:41pm

To quote Futurama: I’m shocked. Shocked! Well not that shocked.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/6/21 at 12:59pm

People thought this was actually gonna happen?

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 10/6/21 at 1:03pm

Can it be on hold when it was barely in production to begin with?

[Theatre Fan3]

Posted: 10/6/21 at 1:10pm

With each delay Glenn Close's chances of starring in it get slimmer and slimmer.  Especially after the "he's too old for the part"  that Ben Platt has been blasted with recently.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/6/21 at 1:11pm

It’ll be Beanie Feldstein by the time this actually gets made.

[Impeach2017]

Posted: 10/6/21 at 1:15pm

Jordan Catalano said: "It’ll be Beanie Feldstein by the time this actually gets made."

llllllllooooooooollllllllll

[rattleNwoolypenguin]

Posted: 10/6/21 at 1:17pm

Yawwwnn 

We have the Billy Wilder movie and good god that is all we ever need.

This musical is NOT that good. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 10/6/21 at 1:22pm

The closest this has gone into production has been in Glenn Close’s head. I’m sure she’s rehearsing the film in her kitchen as I write this.

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 10/7/21 at 1:21pm

Glenn should never have broken that mirror during the last scene of "Dangerous Liaisons."

Updated On: 10/7/21 at 01:21 PM

[Nolan LuPone]

Posted: 10/7/21 at 2:21pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "The closest this has gone into production has been in Glenn Close’s head. I’m sure she’s rehearsing the film in her kitchen as I write this."

LMAO

[David10086]

Posted: 10/7/21 at 10:24pm

I guess by the time this gets rolling, we will have Jennifer Hudson in the role as 'Norma', and Eddie Murphy as 'Max'.  Maybe Ben Platt for 'Joe' ? 

[JayElle]

Posted: 10/8/21 at 8:11am

Kad said: "To quote Futurama: I’m shocked. Shocked! Well not that shocked."

Who quoted Capt Louis Renault (Claude Rains) from Casablanca (1942)

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 5/3/22 at 4:17pm

Glenn Close, when asked about Sunset Boulevard at last night's Met Gala: "We're getting closer, believe it or not."

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1521277022932291599

Updated On: 5/3/22 at 04:17 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/3/22 at 4:22pm

I choose “not”.

[east side story]

Posted: 5/3/22 at 4:30pm

Jordan Catalano said: "I choose “not”."

Glenn needs to move on, but this Sunset hill seems to be the one she’s willing to die on.

 

 

[ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure]

Posted: 5/3/22 at 4:53pm

Close would come off a lot better if she just admitted as much as she wants to make this film, it's not happening. This just makes her look delusional.

[KFC1991]

Posted: 5/3/22 at 4:58pm

Glenn looks smashing there, I will say. I wish she'd let this go. I'm happy with her performance of the two big songs from the ALW concert in the late '90s.  She's in great voice and is thrilling to watch. 

[pmensky]

Posted: 5/3/22 at 5:12pm

I love Glenn Close and I love Sunset Boulevard, but I don’t like the two as a pair. I would love to see this movie made, but as each year passes, I get a little happier that there’s less of a chance for Close’s involvement. I would happily wait 10-15 years to see Lady Gaga do it. I’m not one of her super fans, but the more I see her work on film the more I think she would act and sing the heck out of the role.

[Theatre Fan3]

Posted: 5/3/22 at 5:14pm

ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure said: "Close would come off a lot better if she just admitted as much as she wants to make this film, it's not happening. This just makes her look delusional."

Well then she's right in character with Norma.

[chernjam]

Posted: 5/3/22 at 5:15pm

Glenn has found ways of shocking me with SB over the years.  When she did the ENO I was surprised that was happening.  Even more shocked when it came here to NY and saw her 4 times in what surpassed her original performance.  I know it seems like beyond a vanity project at this point, but I do trust her as an actress that I doubt she'd allow it to be a piece of crap or diminish the memories people have of her and the work

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 5/3/22 at 5:24pm

Glenn is 75 years old.  Norma Desmond is 50 years old.  She’s now technically old enough to play Norma’s mother.  

[ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure]

Posted: 5/3/22 at 5:28pm

Yeah it’s one thing to keep playing the role onstage, but that disparity in age between actor and character is gonna be extremely distracting on camera with all those closeups. But it doesn’t matter, the movie’s not being made at this time, and if it does happen, it’s not gonna be with Close.