Glenn Close Says SUNSET BOULEVARD Film is 'Moving Forward'
Will Glenn Get Her Oscar?
“The movie is in the works and I’m not giving up on that one,” Close said to US Weekly at Variety’s 2024 Power of Women luncheon.
Speaking on Norma Desmond, Close shared her love for the character: “It’s so beautiful to me that she’s always still so relevant. The time passes, but that character is always important.
“We’re trying to find a director, we have a great script. … That character of Norma is so heartbreakingly beautiful and will never not have relevance, it’s been a great blessing to play her and I’m not willing to let her go yet without one more tribute," the actress added.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 4, 2024 7:04 PM
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The long-awaited film has been in development for years, with Close and Andrew Lloyd Webber shopping it to several film studios. Close originally stated that the film would go into production with Paramount in the summer of 2021. However, Webber REVEALED that Paramount ended up passing on it.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 4, 2024 3:30 AM
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Two major stage productions of the musical are set to open in 2024. The West End revival, starring Nicole Scherzinger, will be transferring to Broadway this fall, as well as an Opera Australia and GWB Entertainment production featuring Sarah Brightman. Performances for the Brightman-led production begin in Melbourne on May 21.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 4, 2024 3:31 AM
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Her transformation into Robin Williams is almost complete
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 4, 2024 3:58 AM
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In a shock gambit for the Oscar she craves Miss Close is not ready to give up on the role while the world has long since moved on.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 4, 2024 9:09 AM
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Glenn Close is now 77, old enough to play Norma Desmond’s mother.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 4, 2024 9:14 AM
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man that Princess Salami's gettin long in the tooth aint she?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 4, 2024 10:18 AM
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Scrolling quickly past the thread I thought that was a picture of Conan O'Brien and his hair had turned white.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 4, 2024 11:02 AM
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Gloria Swanson looked 80 in the film.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 4, 2024 12:08 PM
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It’s been done, you stupid cunt?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 4, 2024 12:17 PM
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Please use a period, not a question mark, at the end of a declaratory sentence.
—Glenn
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 4, 2024 12:33 PM
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She really is way too old for this part. Almost 80, and looks every year of it. I guess we should still expect to see Streisand moving forward with Gypsy soon. :/
Sunset Boulevard should never be remade, as a film. It was a pertinent film in 1950, when the events were current and a silent film star was an anachronism in modern Hollywood.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 4, 2024 12:49 PM
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[bold]Sunset Boulevard II: The Tragedy of Norma's Grandmother[/bold]
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 4, 2024 1:14 PM
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There's irony in Glenn wanting to play Norma Desmond when she's 77. It's not unlike the premise of the original film. Norma was 50 wanting to play the much younger part of Salome. As Joe says to her, There's nothing wrong with being 50--unless you're trying to be 25.
There's nothing wrong with being 77, either, but most of our actresses today are really latter-day Norma Desmonds--trying to look younger and play younger roles. At least people used to realize how crazy that was.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 4, 2024 2:02 PM
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Nintey-three is the new 50ish!!!!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 4, 2024 5:34 PM
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Sunset Blvd. moving forward? Not during rush hour!
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 4, 2024 6:54 PM
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Good Lord, OP, that photo needs a trigger warning.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 4, 2024 7:02 PM
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Also, this pic looks like future Paris Hilton.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 4, 2024 7:04 PM
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