Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update- Page 8
Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#175Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 2:43pm
Broadway Flash said: "Splendidnews! I truly hope this happens. It’s one of the great performances in Broadway history. And maybe she can finally win an Academy Award.
Glenn Closeis determined to get theSunset Boulevardremake made.
“It’s moving forward,” Close, 77, exclusively toldUs Weeklyof the film atVariety’s 2024 Power of Women luncheon in New York City on Thursday, May 2. “The movie is in the works and I’m not giving up on that one.”
The Oscar nominee added that she loves the character Norma Desmond, whom she previously played in two separate runs of theSunset BoulevardBroadwaymusical.
“It’s so beautiful to me that she’s always still so relevant. The time passes, but that character is always important,” she said. “We’re trying to find a director, we have a great script. … That character of Norma is so heartbreakingly beautiful and will never not have relevance, it’s been a great blessing to play her and I’m not willing to let her go yet without one more tribute.”
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/glenn-close-is-striking-in-all-black-at-varietys-power-of-women-event/"
Not in my Broadway history. I might be in the minority but I didnt like her portrayal of Norma Desmond.
If we are just basing it on the Broadway production Betty Buckley was phenomenal.
"I hope your Fanny is bigger than my Peter."
Mary Martin to Ezio Pinza opening night of Fanny.
#176Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 3:06pm
I saw the revival and thought she was extraordinary. Her Norma will never be surpassed. Especially her cuckoo camp ending.
#177Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 5:11pm
Has anyone ever asked themselves whatever became of Norma after the shooting? Now that is a sequel I'd like to see!
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#178Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 8:34pm
Impeach2017 said: "Has anyone ever asked themselves whatever became of Norma after the shooting? Now that is a sequel I'd like to see!"
She was committed to an institution, where she insisted they were making a musical movie version of the story.
somecheapfrenchthing
Understudy Joined: 9/14/17
#179Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 9:16pm
joevitus said: ""Actress is too old to play old-age actress!!!!!" Lord.
Norma Desmond is not an “old-age actress.” That is such a misunderstanding of the role. She is considered past her prime for her era and too old to play roles like Salome. Her fame is fading and she is cast aside. She is not “old age.”
Ensemble1686998462
Swing Joined: 6/17/23
#180Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 9:17pm
How long has she been talking about this? It feels like at least a decade.
I think Glen would make a great Kimberly Levaco. She's just about the right age too!!! Sadly, I don't think anyone's in any rush to make a Kimberly Akimbo movie.
#181Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 9:58pm
somecheapfrenchthing said: "joevitus said: ""Actress is too old to play old-age actress!!!!!" Lord.
Norma Desmond is not an “old-age actress.” That is such a misunderstanding of the role. She is considered pasther primefor her era and too old to play roles like Salome. Her fameis fading and she is cast aside. She is not “old age.”
Exactly. Norma is written to be fifty years old, not 80 (which is what Glenn would be by the time this supposed film would probably be released).
#182Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 10:23pm
Close is just jealous that Nicole Scherzinger is getting so much praise for “her” role. Let it go, girl. “Nothing’s wrong with being eighty - unless you’re acting fifty!”
djjd007
Chorus Member Joined: 7/27/10
#183Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 10:34pm
Shh! You don’t yell at a sleepwalker or she could fall and break her neck.
#184Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 10:44pm
Just let Olivia Coleman do the movie and have someone dub the singing.
starlightlocamotion
Stand-by Joined: 1/22/14
#185Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 11:14pm
It woud be eerily meta if Schirzinger were to replace Close in a film adaptation ... if one ever gets made. lol.
djjd007
Chorus Member Joined: 7/27/10
#186Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/3/24 at 11:39pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Just let Olivia Coleman do the movie and have someone dub the singing."
INSPIRED.
#187Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 5/4/24 at 3:04am
starlightlocamotion said: "It woud be eerily meta if Schirzinger were to replace Close in afilm adaptation ... if one ever gets made. lol."
I'm curious if anyone would actually want to see Nicole in a film version....her performance feels very theatrical and meant to be seen/heard live than on film. The energy in the theatre kind of feels like you're watching Whitney Houston and I don't see how to recreate that on film. I actually would prefer to see Glenn in a film version.
As for whether this will ever happen, maybe it won't but I will say that sometimes these things DO happen. For example, for years and years Chita would tell us that "The Visit" was coming to Broadway and each year everyone would roll their eyes until it actually happened.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#189Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 1/10/25 at 12:55pm
jacobsnchz14 said: "https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FDDVeS/"
Cute how her updates are literally verbatim every few years. Bless her heart.
#190Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 1/10/25 at 1:06pm
At this point, her epitaph is going to read, "We're still looking for a director."
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#191Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 1/10/25 at 1:14pm
The Glenn not see the irony of Norma Desmond desperately trying to make a picture based on a character at least half her age?
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
rg7759
Leading Actor Joined: 5/6/16
#192Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 1/10/25 at 3:39pm
Yet the prom movie was made instantly and even risked covid because they had to make it before Meryl got any older
KevinKlawitter
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/20
#193Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 1/10/25 at 3:43pm
rg7759 said: "Yet the prom movie was made instantly and even risked covid because they had to make it before Meryl got any older"
Well, there's a difference between a powerful producer like Ryan Murphy who had a built-in distribution deal in place grabbing a property while it still is hot and someone trying to get a project off the ground several decades after an adaptation had first been floated.
Nothing against Glenn Close, though - if she's able to make it happen, good for her.
Georgeanddot2
Leading Actor Joined: 2/20/20
#194Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 1/10/25 at 3:54pm
I gave up on Glenn when she was so thirsty for that golden dildo, she started making conservative propaganda.
#195Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 1/10/25 at 4:27pm
That's the same update that has been said for many, many years now. We are looking for a director, a good script, a studio to finance, etc.
A movie should be made, about the attempt to make SB into a movie.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#196Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 1/10/25 at 6:57pm
everythingtaboo said: "The Glenn not see the irony of Norma Desmond desperately trying to make a picture based on a character at least half her age?"
Oh it's completely ridiculous.
Nobody with any financial sense would put up a dime for this. ESPECIALLY not now that the Scherzinger production exists and has reinvigorated a dusty show.
In the unlikely event that this ever got made, she'd be the laughing stock of Hollywood and it would be a CATS-level catastrophe.
Glenn also becomes less relevant by the year, and is hardly a prestige actor nowadays. Streisand in GYPSY feels more likely these days.
I wish ALW would rip off the bandaid and pull the show.
#197Glenn Close gives a 'Sunset Boulevard' movie update
Posted: 1/10/25 at 7:03pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "everythingtaboo said: "The Glenn not see the irony of Norma Desmond desperately trying to make a picture based on a character at least half her age?"
Oh it's completely ridiculous.
Nobody with any financial sense would put up a dime for this. ESPECIALLY not now that the Scherzinger production exists and has reinvigorated a dusty show.
In the unlikely event that this ever got made, she'd be the laughing stock of Hollywood and it would be a CATS-level catastrophe.
Streisand in GYPSY feels more likely these days.
I wish ALW would rip off the bandaid and pull the show.
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In some ways ALW kind of has. I remember in a recent interview he was asked about the Glenn Close Sunset movie and he was pretty hands off in his response - saying things like it's out of his hands, he didn't even know where it stood he didn't know or think it would ever be made.
And just watching that clip and seeing Glenn hanging on like she is just sad to me. I wonder if this is why she's not seen Nicole in London or NY - she doesn't want to imagine that this can be done without her
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