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Who else could have played Breathless in Dick Tracy?

What if Madonna hadn't been dating Warren Beatty and refused to demean herself with a comic book movie? Who else could have played Breathless Mahoney?

by Anonymousreply 34October 18, 2021 6:56 AM

Paula Abdul needed to follow up this masterpiece with another classic.

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by Anonymousreply 1October 17, 2021 6:23 PM

Janet Jackson

by Anonymousreply 2October 17, 2021 6:24 PM

Daryl was the right age. ONJ? Eh.

by Anonymousreply 3October 17, 2021 6:27 PM

Stacey Q

by Anonymousreply 4October 17, 2021 6:27 PM

Grace Jones

by Anonymousreply 5October 17, 2021 6:29 PM

Sean Young.

by Anonymousreply 6October 17, 2021 6:39 PM

Grace Jones as Doralee in 9 to 5! Grace Jones as Carrie White! Grace Jones in Working Girl! Grace Jones in Pretty Woman! All wearing Azzedine Alaïa!!

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by Anonymousreply 7October 17, 2021 6:41 PM

Renée Taylor

Lainie Kazan

Beverly Archer

by Anonymousreply 8October 17, 2021 6:42 PM

Sharon Stone played the femme fatale around that time in Total Recall, a way cooler movie.

by Anonymousreply 9October 17, 2021 6:44 PM

That "comic book movie" as you put it was an A list production led by Warren Beatty with an impressive supporting cast, including Al Pacino. That grubby little no talent sleazebag was damn lucky to be cast. She must have had chapped lips for a year afterwards paying him back. And she stunk in it.

by Anonymousreply 10October 17, 2021 10:23 PM

Teresa Russell, Kathleen Turner, Linda Fiorentina,

by Anonymousreply 11October 17, 2021 11:00 PM

Kelly McGillis, Rebecca DeMornay, Mia Shelley Duvall

by Anonymousreply 12October 17, 2021 11:07 PM

Kelly McGillis, Rebecca DeMornay, Shelley Duvall

by Anonymousreply 13October 17, 2021 11:08 PM

Michelle pfeiffer

by Anonymousreply 14October 17, 2021 11:14 PM

Petula Clark

Annie Lennox

Paula Abdul

Miss Kay Lenz

Susan Anton

Lola Falana

Joey Hetherington

Candy Clark

Pat Benatar

Monica Bellucci

Michelle Phillips

Misty Rowe

Bette Midler

Penelope Ann Miller

Kirsten Dunst

Cher

Barbara Streizand

by Anonymousreply 15October 17, 2021 11:20 PM

Geena Davis

by Anonymousreply 16October 17, 2021 11:28 PM

She really should have. Bernadette.

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by Anonymousreply 17October 17, 2021 11:36 PM

[quote]Kirsten Dunst

She was…9 or 10.

by Anonymousreply 18October 17, 2021 11:38 PM

None. Madonna was well cast.

by Anonymousreply 19October 17, 2021 11:39 PM

Linda Fiorentino would have been a very interesting choice to play Breathless Mahoney, R11. I think she was in Europe doing indies at that time, though. She didn't have a very strong singing voice, but it was quite theatrical as you can see in this clip from "Chain of Desire."

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by Anonymousreply 20October 17, 2021 11:42 PM

Wasn't it obvious that their "dating" was just a publicity stunt? She wasn't his girlfriend when she was cast. Their faux relationship came later, after the movie was released. No one bought it, of course. If you've watched "Truth or Dare" it's obvious it's a fake relationship. He can barely stand to be in the same room with her for 10 seconds.

by Anonymousreply 21October 17, 2021 11:48 PM

Kathleen Turner

by Anonymousreply 22October 18, 2021 12:00 AM

R21, nope, I believe they really dated. Madonna was pretty irresistible at the time and Warren shagged everyone who could keep his name in the columns.

by Anonymousreply 23October 18, 2021 12:09 AM

If this film had been produced in the 1950s, Breathless is a role that Vivian Vance could totally have nailed.

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by Anonymousreply 24October 18, 2021 1:14 AM

Madonna Louise was perfectly cast as Breathless Mahoney in Dick Tracy. I thought she nailed it. She needed more musical numbers and more overall screen time.

by Anonymousreply 25October 18, 2021 3:32 AM

[quote]She needed more musical numbers and more overall screen time.

Said no one about Madonna, ever.

by Anonymousreply 26October 18, 2021 3:34 AM

Jessica Rabbit

by Anonymousreply 27October 18, 2021 3:36 AM

Holly Hunter; Goldie Hawn; Melanie Griffith; Jennifer Jason Leigh, Patricia Arquette

by Anonymousreply 28October 18, 2021 5:51 AM

Honestly, none of them. Say what you want about Madonna's acting, but she was MADE for that role. She knew exactly what she was doing, and she got it right.

R25 Exactly. She did deserve a little more screen time. Even Tarantino, I believe, said she was the only one who really knew what she was doing in that film, with that material.

by Anonymousreply 29October 18, 2021 5:56 AM

[quote] Said no one about Madonna, ever.

Except for the millions of fans she has the world over. I mean, you don't become the most successful woman in music, for that long, with nobody liking you, so the "no one ever" sentiment doesn't really work here...

by Anonymousreply 30October 18, 2021 6:00 AM

Even with yellow hair, Madonna was gorgeous in this movie

by Anonymousreply 31October 18, 2021 6:13 AM

Wow, can y'all imagine Warren Beatty and Vivian Vance as romantic leads in a movie?

by Anonymousreply 32October 18, 2021 6:14 AM

Madonna was not gorgeous. She was well lit and costumed. Beatty insisted on it. He gave her some ASS. Proportioned her face and body as best as could be achieved. 25 years later Madonna bought herself a BIG SQUARE ASS. After she stopped offering anal in the car.

50 other singer/actresses could have performed Breathless as well or better. Madonna was OK. The movie is not watchable anyway. She doesn't suck too hard because Dick Tracy was an exercise in failure. Madonna doesn't even give good head anymore. Her ASS is BIG tho.

by Anonymousreply 33October 18, 2021 6:34 AM

Jaclyn Smith

by Anonymousreply 34October 18, 2021 6:56 AM
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