More SUNSET Film Rumors - Glenn Close To Play Norma Now? — Page 2

Has everyone forgotten Madonna can NOT act?
Even she seems to get it.

How 'bout a Tim Burton directed/designed version?

I have to admit that ten years ago I would have loved Amy Adams as Betty, but as she draws closer to her 40th birthday I'm not sure I would believe her when she tells Joe she is 22.

Would Harry Connick Jnr be good for Joe? He's got the perfect look for that period. I've always wanted 'Too Much In Love To Care' to be done as a slow jazz number.

If not Harry....Mickey Bubbles?

I wonder if Susan Sarandon could play the part.

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Though it's probably unthinkable now, I'd prefer to see Betty Buckley again as Norma, especially if they filmed the stage version.

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I'd like somebody who can sing it all in the original keys.

Alas, there's only one person capable of that...

Madonna can act if she wants to. But I don't think she wants to anymore (or at least right now). As professional and enduring as she is, I also thinks she lacks the discipline, at least as far as acting goes, to focus and commit to playing a character for a couple of hours in front of a live audience. I don't think she ever had that discipline for stage. Her last Broadway outing amounted to very brief stage time and was hardly stretching her acting chops.

Her work in the film "Evita" is very good, despite fighting the worst "China doll" contact lenses ever put on a human being who wasn't playing a vampire in cinematic history. They sucked the soul right out of her eyes in every single shot, and it sabotaged her achievements. If you ever get to watch it again, try to imagine her without those hideous contacts, and it's a revelation. I can't believe the director (or her) approved them after screen tests. They're a non-reflective, unnatural nightmare to look at.

Back to "Evita" ... it was a film, and they did many takes, and Madonna could "work up" to her commitment and focus as an actor in front of the camera.

I personally don't think she's disciplined or trained enough to pull it off for two solid hours in front of a live audience for a taping of Sunset Blvd. If it were a filmed version, not live, I'd say yes, though.

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Updated On: 12/11/11 at 08:37 AM

If they are, and she can do multiple takes, stopping and starting as needed, great.

If she's expected to maintain her character and play it all the way through without stopping (like live theatre), audience or not, I don't think she could do it.

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People let's get real madonna couldn't sing the score to sunset to save her life, plus do you really think she'd be remotly willing to play a past her prime diva? No, she'd be loathe to admit it or play it. She couldn't even play eva peron for what she really was she sugarcoated the whole story, and frankly i don't need to see that with sunset.

Yes but Close can actually act. And best12 close was chosen to lead the Broadway version because she was a star, and could put more butts in seats than LuPone. She couldn't sing the score but she could act it wonderfully. Madonna could do neither.

Updated On: 12/11/11 at 10:35 AM

I still believe that for a DVD release i'd rather see someone who was more of a broadway name for norma and cast joe with a younger star who could sing, buble seems perfect for it, and for a DVD or live cast, would any big names really be willing to do it? I mean i know the movie is great but the show....

If this is just going to be a DVD release like his others than my vote is for Elaine Paige. There has never been a Norma better than her.

If only Patti hadn't gained all that weight...