Somewhat more disconcerting is the choice of leading lady for the film, Anne Hathaway. It’s hard enough to accept Hathaway as Catwoman and Les Miz‘s Fantine—now we have to buy Ella Enchanted herself as the boozy, pill-popping legend of stage and screen?
Is someone trying to cram Hathaway into every conceivable opportunity for miscasting?
Based on a biography by Gerald Clarke, Get Happy will detail Garland’s professional life, as well as her infamous marriages, battle with the bottle and untimely death. Aronofsky has two more big projects in the hopper: A screen adaptation of the biblical story of Noah, and Jackie, a reinterpretation of the assassination of JFK through the eyes of Jackie Kennedy.
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With its tortured female protagonist, balletic back story and All About Eve storyline, Black Swan is destined to become a gay fave along the lines of Mommy Dearest. So it’s not so shocking that director Darren Aronofsky has chosen another tragic heroine for his next project: a biopic of real-life icon Judy Garland.
Mark
Wasn’t too long ago I remember the “ultimate” Judy Garland bio was already filmed with Australian actress Judy Davis. As I recall it won a truckload of awards. I remember Liza saying in an interview that she was awoken by Davis on the phone asking “When that happened, do you recall if your mother was wearing shoes or not?” – apparently Judy Davis was the perfectionist.
MikeE
why the hate for Hathaway? She was perfect in Brokeback Mountain.
So she’s played in some romantic comedies, and in a lot of family-friendly films. Doesn’t mean she’s not a good actress.
You appear to incarnate the worst bitchy stereotypes of the gay male world. That’s a real shame. What is it, you guys got rid of Daniel Villareal and now you have to compensate?
Tackle
@Mark: Very true. The bio filmed with Judy Davis was great, and the performances were
amazing. Not saying that Darren is in competition with the TV movie that was already
done, but that’s gonna be hard to top. Even if is a theatrical release.
While I like Ann Hathaway, I cannot see
her bringing more to the role than Judy Davis did. Acting wise, Ann is not in
Judy Davis’s league.
Mark
I don’t have hate for Hathaway but it’s like reading they’re remaking “Sophie’s Choice” with her. Same as when I read on DListed that they are redoing “Carrie” when everybody remembers clearly Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie. If anything the new actresses would just be trying to re-create what Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie did.
Lefty
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Also, Black Swan was bilge and Darren Aronofsky is a bore.
A dull, arty Judy biog with Anne Hathaway.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Brian
Aronofsky has stated via Twitter that this story is false. Move along, everyone!
WillBFair
Hathaway doesn’t have the voice for it. ‘Nuff said.
LittIe,Kiwi
if they’re gonna make a film about young judy, anne’s the gal for the job.
Geo
As good as Davis was, Tammy Blanchard was maybe even better in the same mini-series as the young Judy Garland. I think she won an Emmy.
Pygar
Tammy Blanchard WAS the young Judy. Her performance was so spot-on and uncanny as to be hypnotic.
ChristopherM
The book this project is based on is fantastic. Read that if you have such an issue with the movie.
Alex
Anne Hathaway was excellent in Rachel Getting Married. I’m guessing the director knows what he’s doing.
Bryan
She has the personality and she has the voice and from what I’ve seen and heard, she’s popular with the gays, what’s so sacrilegous about it, if it was true?