格溫妮絲再現傳奇女星絕代風華
氣質美女格溫妮絲-帕特洛最近與電視結緣頗深，除了要二度客串《歡樂合唱團》以外，她或將在一部上下電影中出演由“藍天使”之稱的傳奇女伶——瑪琳-黛德麗。據悉，該片由BBC與HBO攜手打造，分爲上下兩部，將集中的展現這位德國女演員、歌手演藝生涯中的閃光時刻。影片由瑪琳-黛德麗女兒及密友所寫的傳記改編而來，詳細記錄了她從柏林戲劇舞臺發跡，到後來在好萊塢揚名立萬的歷程。但電影會否涉及這位女星萬年酗酒和用藥上癮的部分，目前還不得而知。
電影將由《故園風雨後》的編劇安德魯-戴維斯負責撰寫劇本，而格溫妮絲清新脫俗的外表，與黛德麗的冷豔不謀而合，要再現這位絕世名伶的風範，神似形似均佔幾分，而最近頻繁大秀歌舞技藝的格溫妮絲也正好切合了黛德麗歌舞表演藝術家的身份。
On the surface at least, Gwyneth Paltrow seems a weak choice to portray legendary sex symbol, exotic actress and husky-voiced singer Marlene Dietrich in an ambitious 180 minute made for t.v. biopic。
Paltrow, a solid mid-level actress who is sleight-figured with a squeaky clean image, more likeable than sexy, never portraying a cent of a darker side beyond those eyes like Dietrich (the above left shot of Paltrow in the period film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is her attempt at looking thoughtful)， should stay well clear。
Eva Green would be a better choice or better yet, and perish to even consider the thought, perhaps a German actress to portray a German icon?
Luc Besson’s Europacorp TV, BBC and HBO then are joining forces for the mammoth, 180 minute biopic of the legendary German actress and performer. Titled Marlene, the t.v. film will be told in two 90 minute parts and will chronicle the life of Dietrich as told by her daughter and closest confidante, Maria Riva, whose biography this film will be based。
According to a 1993 review of the book in The Independent, the biography runs 800 pages long so there’s plenty of material that writer Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones Diary & almost every period drama ever shown on the BBC!) could have taken from for his biopic which will be shot in the English-language next year。
It actually appears that this biopic has been floating around town for a while as a quick google search tells us that the project was actually announced in March of this year with Davies suggesting the biopic would begin with the German movie The Blue Angel, Dietrich’s breakthrough film in 1930 which won her a Hollywood contract and would prove to the beginnings of a decade of dominance where she became the highest paid actress in America。
The film will follow Dietrich’s time in the U.S. during WWII and her life in the 50′s with the role of Dietrich’s one-time lover and major French actor Jean Garbin is said to have already been taken by an internationally famous French actor but no names have leaked yet。
The movie is apparently a passion project for Paltrow who has long admired Dietrich and the role will allow the American actress to show off her vocal talents, something she is determined to show us she can do lately with her appearance on Glee, the film Country Strong and her latest attachment to Rock of Ages。
The writer of Bridget Jones and Gwyneth Paltrow leading a Dietrich biopic would hardly be my desired pairing but I guess I shouldn’t hold too much of a grudge against Paltrow for having ambitions to play in the bigger leagues than she has been。
