http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1163779/A-dream-awaiting-rainbow-Anne-Hathaway-talks-play-Judy-Garland.htmlAlso in the BetterMost 'Culture Tent' thread
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,33201.0.htmlA dream part is awaiting over the rainbow:
Anne Hathaway in talks to play Judy GarlandBy Katie Nicholl
22nd March 2009Anne Hathaway is hoping to play Judy GarlandHollywood starlet
Anne Hathaway is in talks to play her movie idol
Judy Garland in an upcoming film based on
Gerald Clarke’s biography,
Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland. The 26-year-old actress is so desperate to appear in the movie – which charts Judy’s rise to fame and her struggle with drink and drugs – that she may have to sacrifice other projects, which include a lead role in a comedy called
The Fiance.
The Weinstein Company has optioned the film and stage rights to the Garland story.
A Tinseltown insider says: ‘Anne dearly wants to do a musical and this could be her chance.'The big attraction is that it really will be her singing, not recordings of Judy. She is determined to do it justice.
'If she nails the part, she will be a shoo-in for some big awards.’
Anne Hathaway: In talks to play her dream part of Judy Garland