SN: I Want Reese to Play Me - Page 2

LittleCharmer · #16 08-23-2009, 01:17 PM

I love Reese Witherspoon

if someone *has* to protray Stevie at any point, I think she'd be a good candidate

galestreet · #17 08-23-2009, 01:21 PM

Those Klonopin days, those days of being numb who would want to recreate those? I think her life should be portrayed accurately don't get me wrong, I just feel the Klonopin days were such a nightmare, that one would be painful to revisit.

GoldDustOrphan · #18 08-23-2009, 02:20 PM

I"m fairly certain that at some point we will see a Fleetwood Mac movie, but I also think it will center around the '75-78 years.

With so many movies about musicians - and each one touching on the same topics (sudden fame, addiction, fall from grace, a comeback), the romantic entanglements is the story that separates their story from all the others. I'd love to see a top flight filmmaker tackle it rather than see an all-encompassing FM or SN story on Lifetime.

There's a lot of talk about who could play Stevie or Lindsey, but WHO would play Christine?

brysondt · #19 08-23-2009, 02:36 PM

Don't get mad at me, because I love Reese dearly, and she is also one of my fav actresses, but she is NOT the girl to play Stevie. I agree, I think there needs to be someone that isn't well-known yet. Although Reese has had some pretty diverse roles, she is kind of like Sandra Bullock to me--they are great actresses, I love them both, but they kind of just have their own "thing" or something going on and no matter what movie they play in, they kinda seem the same to me. Nothing about Reese screams Stevie to me.

I also think we have nothing to worry about anytime soon because Stevie hasn't even written the book yet. She better write the damn book too before a movie is made. At any rate, whatever happens, I would much rather read the book like Alexa said. I want to hear what happened from HER point of view, cus movies edit junk out for time. And Stevie better not be flakey about her future book either, haha. We know how she is about timelines and stories about songs, sometimes they differ a bit. She just better not act like all those hot steamy love affairs didn't happen, lol, cus thats why I love her.

michelej1 · #20 08-23-2009, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by brysondt

Don't get mad at me, because I love Reese dearly, and she is also one of my fav actresses, but she is NOT the girl to play Stevie. I agree, I think there needs to be someone that isn't well-known yet.

I agree you with about Rese being too well known. Just the fact that she already won an Oscar for playing someone else would keep me from wanting her to play Stevie.

I personally think she would be better playing Stevie than she was June Carter Cash. I think with June, she created a new character rather than playing the actual June with whom I was familiar and I think she could come closer to playing Stevie. But she is already too famous and it would be like going to see Reese in a movie, rather than going to learn about the subject of that movie.

Michele

cristochango · #21 08-23-2009, 03:14 PM

would the movie be just stevie or fleetwood mac altogether

brysondt · #22 08-23-2009, 03:17 PM

I don't know, but I want both! haha. A Stevie movie would include the Mac a great deal....so I don't know. I mean, if they made it a really long and thorough movie that accounted for everything that went on from the start of SnL joining FM all the way through her solo career, I would be happy with that. But I'd also like to have just a Fleetwood Mac movie, maybe made more from the perspective of Lindsey, haha, that could be real interesting.

carrie721 · #23 08-23-2009, 03:31 PM

i vote gloria swanson.

daniellaaarisen · #24 08-23-2009, 03:40 PM

Watch Carol Ann make Storms into a movie.

Gag.

GypsyBlueEyes · #25 08-23-2009, 03:45 PM

^lol...what a nightmare that would be!

I don't really see Reese playing Stevie either...but then again, I don't see ANYONE playing Stevie.

BellaDonna · #26 08-23-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsyBlueEyes

^lol...what a nightmare that would be!

I don't really see Reese playing Stevie either...but then again, I don't see ANYONE playing Stevie.

Agreed, it is hard to imagine anyone playing Stevie.... but Stevie

... just can't picture it!

louielouie2000 · #27 08-23-2009, 07:42 PM

I know I'm the only one here who thinks this, but I think Lindsey Lohan would be FANTASTIC as Stevie. I truly think she's a GOOD actress, and she's seemed passionate about this role for years. She seems to have great admiration for Stevie, knows her music, and I think her checkered past could actually give her a taste of some of the craziness that Stevie went through. I do think the media might take Reese more seriously playing Stevie than Lindsey, but that's about the only upside for me with Reese.

Musicman408 · #28 08-23-2009, 08:36 PM

Reese as Stevie is an interesting match no doubt!

louielouie2000 · #29 08-23-2009, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Watch Carol Ann make Storms into a movie.

Gag.

I don't see that happening. I just don't think the world really cares about Fleetwood Mac through the eyes of a bitter ex girlfriend of a bandmate who has been out of the picture for 30 years. Could Carol Ann be a consultant to a Mac film? Absolutely, after all she's a published autobiographer on the story with first hand experience. I don't think a film would be anywhere near 100% flattering for the band, but it wouldn't be a 100% love fest either. I think sometime in the past dozen or so years, Stevie has finally reached a truly revered rock status she has long deserved, but has always been denied. She was never taken very seriously by the media and critics... but now she's really looked up to as the fairy godmother of rock. I just don't see any film company wanting to make a wholly negative film about her, as Carol Ann's would be. Now what I wonder, is if Stevie would sign off on a project that consults Carol Ann? Or is that something that could happen after the fact, and could be out of Stevie's control?

GypsyBlueEyes · #30 08-23-2009, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I know I'm the only one here who thinks this, but I think Lindsey Lohan would be FANTASTIC as Stevie. I truly think she's a GOOD actress, and she's seemed passionate about this role for years. She seems to have great admiration for Stevie, knows her music, and I think her checkered past could actually give her a taste of some of the craziness that Stevie went through. I do think the media might take Reese more seriously playing Stevie than Lindsey, but that's about the only upside for me with Reese.

I actually do understand what you are saying. There may have been a time when I might have thought that Lindsay would have done a good job playing Stevie. I just think that, at this point, she has pretty much destroyed her career and her reputation and I don't think she has the ability, the drive, or the work ethic to turn it all around. Anyone can say what they want to about Stevie but she made her mistakes, she faced them, she fought for her career, and she survived. Lindsay would have to work really hard to do the same and, as of yet, she is making no effort to do so. I don't think she has it in her to work that hard. As someone who loves Stevie and Fleetwood Mac, I don't want someone who is essentially a joke representing her and their story on screen. I'm not saying its impossible for Lindsay to turn her life around, I'm just saying that for every Drew Barrymore who succeeds, there are many, many more who fail.

Also, there really is the element of Stevie-ness that I don't think can be faked...there is something about Stevie that even the greatest of actresses couldn't capture.

As for Reese, I like her, I just don't think she's edgy enough to pull off a Stevie-worthy performance. Also, being praised the way she was by everyone for her performance in Walk the Line...not to mention the Oscar...I don't think she would seriously consider taking on another role where her performance would be so greatly compared. It would be nearly impossible to live up to everyone's expectations.