Now that her relationship with director Robert Rodriguez is finito, actress Rose McGowan isn’t going to be playing the Jane Fonda role in his remake of Barbarella. In fact, she’s now being tapped to play famed porn star Linda Lovelace in a new biopic. The part has been passed around to some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Angelina Jolie. Most recently, “House Bunny” actress Ana Faris had been offered the role and turned it down. Looks like Rose got the high visibility she needed out of her roles in Rodriguez’ “Grindhouse” films.
Could Rose McGowan wind up getting deep?
The talented, beautiful star of “Planet Terror” from the Robert Rodriguez part of “Grindhouse” and TV’s “Charmed” is considering joining the cast of “Inferno,” producer Brian Grazer’s film about legendary “Deep Throat” star Linda Lovelace.
I’m told that already cast are Bill Pullman as Hugh Hefner and Josh Lucas as Linda’s husband, Chuck Traynor, the one who got her into porn. First time writer-director Matthew Wilder will direct from his own script. I’m pretty sure he’s not the same Matthew Wilder who sang, “Nobody’s gonna break my stride…”
“Inferno” isn’t the first attempt at telling the story of the famed Deep Throat star. In past years, both Angelina Jolie and Meg Ryan were mentioned as being interested in the role.
The movie won’t just be about Deep Throat. Lovelace’s life was full of ups and downs. Born Linda Boreman, she wrote two bestselling memoirs, “Ordeal,” and “Out of Bondage.”
According to one bio, after Linda made “Deep Throat” in 1974, she became a feminist. She joined up with Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon, and testified before Attorney General Ed Meese’s Commission on Pornography in 1986. Lovelace died in Denver on April 22, 2002, due to severe injuries in a car accident.
McGowan, meantime, is deservedly busy. She just filmed a bunch of episodes of “Nip/Tuck” and has three or four film projects ready to go since breaking up with Rodriguez. A planned remake of “Barbarella,” however, has thankfully been scotched.
Brian Grazer is a very powerful TV and film producer, with such credits at TV’s “Arrested Development,” “24” and “Friday Night Lights” and films like “A Beautiful Mind” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” If he’s putting his considerable weight behind this film, it stands a good chance of being made- and being a hit. This role could make Rose McGowan an A-list status actress if she pulls it off. Playing a porn star sure boosted Mark Wahlberg’s career – it’s not out of the realm of possibilities. But the question is: will she put the moves on her director again?
Rose McGowan and her geek glasses are shown out to dinner at Madeo on 10/3/08. Credit: The Media Circuit/ Fame Pictures
Art imitates life, life imitates art.
All I’ve got are two sidenotes: first, Bill Pullman as Hefner is The Greatest Stunt Casting Ever. Two, Andrea Dworkin is one of the coolest feminist thinkers of the past century. I wonder who would be cast as Dworkin…
And Grazer’s latest exec. produced movie is The Changeling.
Why don’t they get Thora Birch? Isn’t she Linda’s daughter?
That would be freaky…
I agree Kaiser- Bill Pullman is going to make a great Hef!
Thora is the daughter of Carol Connors who did appear in Deep Throat but no relation to Linda Lovelace. Linda suffered a tragic life and she was physically and emotionally abused. I’m not sure how entertaining a biopic would be of this woman’s life.
All I can say is THANK GOD this talentless loser isn’t getting her grubby little hands on Barbarella. Seriously, she can’t act, anyone seen “The Doom Generation”? Cringe-worthy. And don’t even get me started on “Jawbreaker”.
I’m partial to Camille Paglia- I LOVED Vamps and Tramps. She taught at the school of the arts in Philly where my friend attended. I would see her on occasion, cool person and very funny.
OT- Can’t tell here but is Rose’s face, um, better now? Remember those pics of her not too long ago where she looked really odd? Like she had some botched plastic surgery? She totally looked like Daisy Carter ( but a not nice version.. Daisy Carter was- and is- actually very pretty) Ha.
Did Rodriguez get back with his wife?
I wonder of this will be like another Boogie Nights 😆
Who’s playing the Mitchell Brother’s?!
Should be a fun movie.
To get ahead of the game, read “Bottom Feeders”.
I thought Rose got the disfigurement from a car accident?
she is hot, and the movie will rock.
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Lovelace. Linda suffered a tragic life and she was physically and emotionally abused. I’m not sure how people can discuss entertainment stories and current events in a lighthearted, safe environment without fear of harassment, excessive negativity.
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