Suzanne, donning her Hollywood Reporter Hat: "Becoming Jane"
Back on January 5, 2006, I blogged on THE KISS. Subtitle: Confessions of a Hopeless Romantic or Pride and Prejudice Revisited.
As the avid moviegoer among the Quills I gave my two cents' worth about the various films/mini-series that have been based on, or inspired by, my favorite Jane Austen book, Pride and Prejudice.
NOTE: Actually every Austen classic has now been made into a movie or mini-series several times over. Truth is, film makers have run out of Jane Austen books. (There were only six completed novels in all.)
So it's now rumored that twenty-three-year-old American actress Anne Hathaway (yes, she of "The Princess Diaries," "Ella Enchanted," and most recently "Brokeback Mountain" fame) will play Jane Austen in the upcoming film, "Becoming Jane."
Purportedly this will be the story of a twenty-year-old Jane in love with an Irish bad boy (are there any other kind?) named Tom Lefroy, and will explain how or why she became Jane the writer. Fellow cast members are hinted to include Maggie Smith and Julie Walters.
This latest rumor seems to supplant the previous rumor that American pop singer-actress Mandy Moore was going to star in the role of Jane Austen. (Praise be to the movie gods!)
Of course, Mandy may have made a fine Jane Austen, but once an actor/actress claims a role as his/her own, it's difficult to imagine anyone else filling those shoes. Cinematically speaking, of course.
Consider the following casting or miscasting rumors:
Nicole Kidman in the role of Mrs. Smith in last year's hit movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." (In the end, the part went to Angelina Jolie, which, of course, led to that whole Bradgelina thing.)
Not Harrison Ford, but Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." (Boggles the mind!)
Robert Redford in the role made famous by Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate."
Bill Murray as Forrest Gump??????
And last, but far from least, and not even a huge stretch of the imagination for most of us, Cary Grant as Bond. James Bond. (Of course, Sean Connery was the definitive Bond.)
So here are my "inquiring mind" questions for this week: Are you a movie-goer? If not, do you rent or watch movies at home? Do you have a favorite movie?
(I will try to refrain from answering that last question myself since my personal favorites -- I could never pick just one -- encompass anything and everything from "Casablanca" to "Elizabeth," from "Mrs. Miniver" to "The Return of the King" to the latest version of "Pride and Prejudice.")
Happy Mid-Week!
Or as we think of Wednesdays in our house: Happy Movie Night!
Suzanne
As the avid moviegoer among the Quills I gave my two cents' worth about the various films/mini-series that have been based on, or inspired by, my favorite Jane Austen book, Pride and Prejudice.
NOTE: Actually every Austen classic has now been made into a movie or mini-series several times over. Truth is, film makers have run out of Jane Austen books. (There were only six completed novels in all.)
So it's now rumored that twenty-three-year-old American actress Anne Hathaway (yes, she of "The Princess Diaries," "Ella Enchanted," and most recently "Brokeback Mountain" fame) will play Jane Austen in the upcoming film, "Becoming Jane."
Purportedly this will be the story of a twenty-year-old Jane in love with an Irish bad boy (are there any other kind?) named Tom Lefroy, and will explain how or why she became Jane the writer. Fellow cast members are hinted to include Maggie Smith and Julie Walters.
This latest rumor seems to supplant the previous rumor that American pop singer-actress Mandy Moore was going to star in the role of Jane Austen. (Praise be to the movie gods!)
Of course, Mandy may have made a fine Jane Austen, but once an actor/actress claims a role as his/her own, it's difficult to imagine anyone else filling those shoes. Cinematically speaking, of course.
Consider the following casting or miscasting rumors:
Nicole Kidman in the role of Mrs. Smith in last year's hit movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." (In the end, the part went to Angelina Jolie, which, of course, led to that whole Bradgelina thing.)
Not Harrison Ford, but Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." (Boggles the mind!)
Robert Redford in the role made famous by Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate."
Bill Murray as Forrest Gump??????
And last, but far from least, and not even a huge stretch of the imagination for most of us, Cary Grant as Bond. James Bond. (Of course, Sean Connery was the definitive Bond.)
So here are my "inquiring mind" questions for this week: Are you a movie-goer? If not, do you rent or watch movies at home? Do you have a favorite movie?
(I will try to refrain from answering that last question myself since my personal favorites -- I could never pick just one -- encompass anything and everything from "Casablanca" to "Elizabeth," from "Mrs. Miniver" to "The Return of the King" to the latest version of "Pride and Prejudice.")
Happy Mid-Week!
Or as we think of Wednesdays in our house: Happy Movie Night!
Suzanne
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