Jesse Mueller should play Barbra Streisand in the planned TV Bio Pic

Based on the 2012 Biography "Hello Gorgeous" which covers Streisand's early career in NYC. Seriously. She'd be perfect…




Hello Gorgeous

Updated On: 6/10/14 at 09:52 PM

Why do you think Lea Michele should give up that role?

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^^dreaming, we posted at the same time. My comment wasn't to you but to the original comment.

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Oops, sorry.

MB-Wow. I can't believe Lea turned it down-she seems to have carved out a career of trying to be Barbra.

Anne Hathaway IS Barbra Streisand (can't get an EGOT unless you do tv).

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Anne Hathaway already has an Emmy so we don't ned to ruin this biopic by having her star in it.

Jesse is an honorary Indian for her work in Drood. She has the non traditional racist casting vote too.

If you read the linked article about Lea Michele turning down the role you will find that the ONLY reason she turned the role is NOT because she didn't want to play it, but because she did not want to do it as a television movie. If it would have been a major motion picture she would have jumped at the chance.

Lea Michele - cannot act her way out of her paper bag. Her sing acting is something out of a cartoon.

I don't think of Streisand as "Kooky". Done kooky early roles. Has she lived a life worth making a movie about? Unless it's a hatchet job?

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I don't think of Streisand as "Kooky". Done kooky early roles.

I was under the impression that the TV movie would be about only her early (Pre-FUNNY GIRL) career. I do agree she's lost most of her kookiness, or at least doesn't show it anymore.

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I like Jesse a lot, but what did she do Sunday night that made anyone believe she was "kooky"? That tiny scene?

The biography that's the basis for the bio pic covers only five years -- basically from Streisand's earliest days in New York City up to the opening of FUNNY GIRL. Though it can be argued that on an over-view, Streisand hasn't had a hugely interesting life (in terms of the kinds of drama you are looking for in a film) the five years covered in this biography are fascinating as they chronicle an almost meteoric rise in popularity and fame from complete obscurity.

Among other things covered are the 'invention' of the Streisand persona - including the 'kook' character which was all rather manufactured.

I think anyone who has seen interviews with Mueller can attest to her rather off beat personality. Of all the young performers today I think she's the closest to the essence of early Streisand (sort of how Barbra was close to the 'essence' of Fanny Brice without being an imitation.) And I think there is enough of a resemblance that it could be made to be plausible as well...

Updated On: 6/10/14 at 06:46 PM