Pink to play Janis Joplin---wtf?!?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

file this under: another stupid idea

ranks right up there with Jim Carrey playing Andy Kaufman

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 On "Unwind" from Pink's Try This, she sings, "I've only been here for 27 years/ But already my life is over."
Pink, who is 24, wrote the first-person song from the perspective of Janis Joplin, the legendary rocker who died in 1970 at 27.
Consider it a preview of her next project. Pink has signed on the play Joplin in a biopic scheduled to shoot this summer, according a spokesperson for director Penelope Spheeris, who has been developing the movie for 15 years.

more at:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486154/20040402/pink.jhtml?headlines=true

[Whitacre D_WI]

1. Eh.

Bette Midler did it.

[bif]

2. Didn't they already make a movie about her?

"The Rose" with Bette Midler?

[Bridget Burke]

5. The Rose was more a remake of "A Star is Born"

Which had been remade already. May have had some "resonance" with Joplin's story, but it was fiction.

Interestingly, the article said another Joplin film was in the works: "Piece of My Heart" starring Rene Zellweger. I could see her as Janis, actually.

I only saw her play once--at Houston's old Music Hall, with Big Brother. She'd played at Sand Mountain Coffee House but had departed for San Francisco by the time I made that scene.

It's too bad she OD'd, but I always preferred Grace Slick.

[MissMillie]

3. She's an actress?

who knew?

[LynneSin]

4. Actually, Jim Carrey was excellent as Andy Kauffman

but I agree on the "WTF" about Pink playing Janis Joplin - that's an insult!

[MichaelHarris]

6. My choice would have been

Melissa Etheridge

[MissMillie]

7. or Susan Tedeschi

Whose voice is amazingly similar.

[THUNDER HANDS]

8. okay...(a) Jim Carrey was GREAT as Andy Kaufman

and (b) I think Pink will suprise you. I believe she has a lot of talent.

[cedahlia]

9. Better her than Renee Zellweger, imo

Sorry Renee fans, but I can't stand her, and thought that was a very bad choice when I heard about it. Geeee, I wonder if she's going to gain 15 pounds and be "fat" again to play Janis? Ugh...:puke:

[bedtimeforbonzo]

10. no way

Pink is way too hot to play Joplin.

[mitchum]

11. And the downward spiral of director Penelope Spheeris continues...

[NightTrain]

12. Forgtive my ignorance, but...

...who the hell is Pink?

[Nomad559]

17. who the hell is Pink?

Do you have a fast Internet connection?

This Is Pink

[Westegg]

13. Lili Taylor could play Janis. You want an ACTRESS, not a singer...

...It's a MOVIE, not a soundtrack. Pink's the right age and could bring it off looks-wise (maybe) but, I'm sorry, she's not an actress.

[neoteric lefty]

14. I actually saw pink last summer

(BTW, she was opening for Lenny Kravitz and they were free tickets from work, so don't judge me too harshly.)

and she did a Joplin cover (I can't remember what it was, maybe "Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart") and she sounded really good. She sounded really close to all the Joplin I have heard (which is admittedly not that much) so as long as she can act, I say cool.

[mvd]

15. If you hear "Waiting For Love" from Try This..

you'll really hear the spirit of Janis. I hope it works out for her.

[Dookus]

16. Interesting

I wonder if this is the same project Melissa Etheridge was attached to for years. I guess she's getting too old.

I will disagree with those who automatically reject Pink for this role - I think she's really talented and could do it. Believe it or not the only other singer I could imagine would be Courtney Love - she'd be great.