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  • Brigitte Bardot fights plans for a biopic

    By Katherine Romero

    12th August 2010 | 0 comments | 2 people like this

    Brigitte Bardot fights plans for a biopic

    Former actress Brigette Bardot has revealed that sparks will fly if a US director goes ahead with a biopic of her life.

    Speaking in an interview, she said: “A film about my life? But I’m not dead!” She added, “They wouldn’t dare do it without talking to me. If they do sparks will fly.”

    For months, rumors have been rife that producer and director, Kyle Newman, plans to make a biopic of Bardot’s life, casting his wife Jaime King, as the lead.

    In response to King, a former fashion model from Nebraska, portraying her, she retorted: “I am typically French… “I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland,”

    When asked who she thought was responsible in the role she replied, “No one. They have their own personalities but they don’t have mine.”

  • Meryl Streep in discussions to play Margaret Thatcher

    By Natalie Wotherspoon

    2nd July 2010 | 1 comments | 2 people like this

    Meryl Streep in discussions to play Margaret Thatcher

    The Daily Mail tells us that Meryl Streep could take the lead in a biopic of the long-serving former Conservative Prime Minister which is being made by Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd. The film is based on a script by Abi Morgan, whose previous screenwriting has included Sex Traffic and Brick Lane. Movie companies Pathe and Film4, which will co-finance the production, confirmed Streep’s involvement was under discussion with Meryl and her agent. Jim Broadbent is rumoured to be a favourite for the part of Dennis Thatcher, according to the Metro.

    The film will be set in 1982, chronicling the countdown to Britain’s involvement in the Falklands War.  The war proved to be a pivotal moment in Thatcher’s political career, the conflict eventually sent her popularity soaring in some areas and it helped her to win the second of her three general election triumphs.

    Streep has adapted herself to a number of movies and roles, including the moving ‘Sophie’s Choice’, the ever so romantic ‘Madison County Bridge’, and more recently she was nominated for a Golden Globe for ‘Mama Mia’. If Streep accepts the role it could mean yet another Oscar for her. The Academy Awards tend to favour biopics when it comes to giving out statues of  little golden men.

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