[Dreamz19]

Originally Posted by gypsysoul

Firstly, I think a film about the Buckinghamnicks love affair (with a good script) would make an excellent story a la Walk the Line and set in the context of Fleetwood Mac, especially the Rumours era. This way the rest of the band would not be diminished but equally would not be the focus.

The couple's songs about each other would provide a fantastic, dramatic musical backdrop.

The whole 'will they/won't they' could easily keep a non Fleetwood Mac audience enthralled just as Walk the line did for people (like me) who knew nothing of that relationship.

I don't think Stevie alone is a good enough subject: she did all the drugs and sleeping around but she neither died young nor came through to live a happy life as most people would want it to end ie with love/marriage/children.

Unless Stevie's life is put in the context of another person whom the audience can also care about it will have no real substance or emotional pull for them. Single rock star leads a life of drugs and short affairs - so what?

Therefore LB would have to be an integral part, he is the only enduring love she has had and therefore the only one people would actually care about.
The likes of Don Henley would simply be cameos that music fans would recognize but would mean little to most people (the Eagles were big, he personally was not.)

Secondly, cast: i would choose Scarlett Johansson as Stevie and get someone to do the singing. Scarlett is an excellent actress, young enough to pull off innocent BN Stevie and later more worldly Stevie.
As for LB, my first choice woul dbe Billy Crudup but if we're talking young Lindsey then possibly British actor Rufus Sewell.

I remember lurking at a Stevie board last year and I saw this topic come up about who could play her. I said then that Scarlett would be a good choice when I saw a pic of Stevie that reminded me of her.