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#5

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/19/11 at 9:01pm

The Susan Boyle fad isn't over yet? She's not even THAT talented to warrant this attention she's getting. Have her play Mme. Thenardier and let her fame die already....
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#7

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/19/11 at 9:55pm

This comment made me laugh:

"I'm not convinced Glenn will do Susan justice either."
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2
#8

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/19/11 at 10:13pm

Okay...what exactly has Susan Boyle done to deserve a bloody biopic??
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali
#10

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/19/11 at 10:36pm

"Glenn has played some imposing women in the past including Alex Forrest, who boils the pet rabbit in 'Fatal Attraction'. But this might just be her biggest role yet."

In my opinion, I don't think so. At least not for me but then I am not a Boyle fan. I will re-watch her boil the rabbit before I see this movie.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#13

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/20/11 at 1:16am

I think Glenn might finally get her Oscar if she does this. Glenn can do anything.
To answer the question of what has Susan Boyle done?
Well, I am not a fan of hers by any means.
But she became an overnight web sensation and sold millions of records worldwide.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-
#14

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/20/11 at 1:20am

Didn't Susan Boyle spend the majority of her life eating frosting and hoarding cats before she got famous last year? Is there really enough to make a movie?
#15

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/20/11 at 2:04am

I was thinking the same thing, Jordan. Her life was pretty dull up till last year.
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#16

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/20/11 at 6:27am

Jordan, she hoarded cats, ate frosting and diddled to pictures of Tab Hunter from 1950-you forgot the third and most important part of the bio-pic.

Are you kidding me with this? The woman has an ok voice, can barely show up to a concert and has meltdowns weekly. She's got a huge nest egg, can she please go away now and save her appearances for telethons and cat shows. Her album is among the most sleep inducing debuts I have ever heard. Yuck.

Glenn is way better than this material. This is Sally Struthers Lifetime movie territory.
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#17

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/20/11 at 6:30am

I'd rather watch a biopic of that new golden voice ex-homeless voiceover man.
"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA
#18

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/20/11 at 7:21am


"The woman has an ok voice, can barely show up to a concert and has meltdowns weekly."

Sounds like something I'd watch, actually. As long as it doesn't play like an extended, glammed-up press reel, and actually explores the mental anguish of a middle-aged woman with little-to-no prospects thrust into the national spotlight, it could work...
#19

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/20/11 at 8:42am

I would expect mean spirited posts like this on Perez Hilton! Come on you guys/gals! They didn't say if it was TV or not. TV does biopics all the time.
Susan Boyle has had a very hard life, overcame the odds to become an overnight sensation! She has a good, strong voice and has inspired many people to go for their dreams and hope! Isn't that what Broadway is all about?
That being said Glenn is totally wrong!!!
#21

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/20/11 at 12:22pm

OVERNIGHT SENSATION! would make a great title.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali
#24

Glenn Close to Play Susan Boyle in New Biopic?

Posted: 2/20/11 at 1:55pm

"This is Sally Struthers Lifetime movie territory."

As a friend of Ms. Struthers, I find that slightly offensive.


Sally doesn't do Lifetime movies. :P
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

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