Sunset Boulevard finally coming to fruition

...uh huh.

I would be surprised if this happens now. With all of the excitement around the Nicole Scherzinger revival coming to Broadway (I wasn't crazy about it in London) and ALW throwing everything at it in terms of publicity, a proshot of that seems more likely

Omg a post where the Jessica Walter eye roll gif is actually funny

She’ll be lucky to get a Golden Globe in the musical category

Norma is only 50 years old. Glenn is at least twice that.

Oh Glenn. You are 77. Lay off the reefer. No one is green lighting this project.

She's way too old to play the part now.

Damn, 77 and still jockeying for a pointless statue.

But how, isn’t she dead!?

With some prunes I can move a bowel

With Bengay, I can grab a towel

Nursing homes are not for me

Wilton Manors it will be!

Having an actress this old playing Norma makes no sense!

Norma's tragedy is that she's been put out to pasture while still relatively young! She's been out of movies for some years when we meet her at age fifty. That is the poignancy of her dilemma.

I wonder if ALW is humoring her in hopes she will die and her contract for exclusive movie rights will be over.

Um, really? Bless her heart ♥

She’ll be the first actress that actually appeared in silent pictures.

For double fun, they can have a theater playing one of her silent movies and they do a closeup on the organist and it’s the Phantom of the Opera.

Will Patti be there?

[quote]Will Patti be there?

Patti’s busy out-victiming Mia Farrow.

Glenn also shared that she plans to lead a colony on Mars and get pregnant and have a child on the red planet.. Nothing is impossible if you dream, says Glenn with a nervous laugh.

Two words, Glenn, two words...Lucy MAME

Good for Patti. Mia is bitch.

I'd love to see it. I think the dynamics of their two personas together sounds interesting.

David Fincher should direct.

I don't think Glenn is too old. Norma was 50 in the 1950 movie. They would need to adjust that age for modern audiences to buy that she's completely washed-up and forgotten. 77 is a good age for that character. I hope it works out.

Kinda ruins the "you're 50!" P

Nothing!a wrong with being 80, unless you’re acting 50!

Double Feature: Glenn in Sunset Boulevard and Barbra in Gypsy.

Geriatric sex just isn't pleasant to think about.

Glenn will win Best Supporting Actress for playing the dead monkey.

Gloria looked 70....

Listen you bunch of pole smokers, I ain’t got many choices for film roles these days. I’ve got a gambling addiction and several OnlyFans subscriptions to finance. It’s either this shitty movie or Fatal Attraction 2: Full Beaver, Wet.

R29 Split wet beaver.

Is Glenn hoping to win an Oscar when she's 80, like Jessica Tandy?

Me and my itchy cooter are here for it, Y’all!

The new Streisand's Gypsy

Isn’t she too old now to play Desmond?

R26 you're forgetting Glenn came *this close* to an Oscar for The Wife just a few years ago, where she gets finger-banged in the opening 5 minutes!

She is too old. Norma is 50. 50 in 1950 is not 80 in 2024. 50 year old women in 1950 such as Norma were in shape and sexually viable. Also they are often going through menopause, which is a shading to Norma's situation and her sexual and emotional gambits around romantic love.

Wait, Norma looked ancient in the film. Anyone can play that character at any age as long as they’re over 50.

[quote] Two words, Glenn, two words...Lucy MAME

That makes no sense. Glenn played the part on stage. She can sing. Lucy had and did none of that.

[quote]She's way too old to play the part now

Age is a state of mind.

[quote]Glenn played the part on stage. She can sing.

How do you define “sing”?

Glenn, two words - "South Pacific"

Is she playing Max?

"A 50-year old women in 1950 such as Norma were in shape and sexually viable."

Wrong. 50 in 1950 meant white hair, wrinkles and sitting on a park bench feeding the pigeons. Your life was over.

Do they give out Oscars to [bold]basic[/bold]cable actresses?

I thought they had a director a few years ago ? It was some guy who was known for directing a Broadway musical (and everyone questioned what he knew about directing a big-screen movie musical).

What everyone seems to forget is that with today's cinematography and technological advancements, an 80 year old Close can look 50 on screen. AI can do the trick. (Same for Barbra and "Gypsy").

Who are they going to hire to sweeten Glenn’s vocals?

I actually hope this comes to pass. I'd love to see it.

Eddie Redmayne *is* Joe.

[quote]Nothing!a wrong with being 80, unless you’re acting 50!

😂

That reminds me of when fiftysomething Glenn CLose played twentysomething Nellie Forbush in the TV remake of SOUTH PACIFIC in the early 2000s.

If 41 year old Streisand could play a 20-something year old male in 'Yentl' back in 1983, then nothing's impossible.

[quote]Gloria looked 70....

[quote]Wait, Norma looked ancient in the film. Anyone can play that character at any age as long as they’re over 50.

Have you guys seen the movie? Norma did not look ancient.

Throughout her life, Gloria took very good care of herself, ate well and avoided the sun and such, so her face is line-free in SB.

One of the complaints about the film is that 50-year-old Gloria Swanson looks younger than her age, while 31-year-old William Holden, a drunkard, looks older than his age, so they look around the same age instead of a cougar/gigolo situation.

except for all that smoking

[quote]One of the complaints about the film is that 50-year-old Gloria Swanson looks younger than her age

I've been a fan of this movie forever, and not once have I ever heard such a complaint. I've heard Holden looked older than early 30s, but never Swanson looking younger than 50.

Poor Glennie, can’t take on a project without being compared to Hollywood legend Gloria Swanson.

Gloria didn’t look her age because she was taking all that Kennedy cock.

The story is mildewed and corny. It won't work unless the setting remains in 1950. To be a popular box office hit they'd have to hire some popular young actors who can sing.

The oldest Millennials are already 44.

This will go one of two ways: 1) Glenn will get the "Mame" treatment and get filtered and CGI'ed to appropriate age, or 2) she'll get the "Cheri" treatment and be told she's too old for this and be asked to step down in exchange for an Exective Producer credit.

Glenn will lose the role to Melissa McCarthy (now that she has lost all that weight thanks to Ozempic), just like Barbra lost 'Gypsy' to McCarthy (though Amy Sherman Palladino hasn't moved forward, yet).

R53 you don't know what you're talking about.

I think it’s rich that Glenn is still making movies while Meryl is doing a second rate supporting role on a Steve Martin sitcom.

With John Travolta as young gigolo Joe?

Clint Eastwood is Joe!

Adele *is* Norma Desmond.

The main point of casting for the Norma role should be that the actress can run up and down stairs without getting winded. They can’t go through millions of feet of film and erase all that gasping. If they hire Glenn, they’ll have to equip Norma with a silver inhaler and pretend she’s asthmatic.

No more wars to fight (hits the inhaler)

White flags fly (hits the inhaler) tonight

[quote]Gloria looked 70....

Are you high? She most certainly did not!

Gloria looked like Hannibal Lecter with all that face-pulling!

R59, Meryl is one of the most successful actresses of all time -- she has 3 Oscars and a record number of nominations. Unlike Glenn, she can choose to do whatever she wants because she has already made it big. Glenn is the one who is desperate.

Fuck Glenn Close and fuck Judy Holliday, too!

if this has the success it had in London....

I just don't think Gloria was robbed in 1950. Maybe it's because her performance has been imitated and parodied in the years since, but she is quite campy at times as Norma. And that voice!

Bette definitely should have won IMO for playing the iconic Margo Channing.

Gloria did indeed look beyond ancient. 50 year olds back then looked like 60+ do now.

R69, I think the campy aspect is meant to be part of Norma's character. She's supposed to be an overly-dramatic washed-up star from the silent film days. Gloria brought exactly the right quality to the role and that's why it's so famous. She should have won the Oscar for it instead of Judy Holliday, the latter of whom is forgotten today.