Brokeback Lawfirm: A Casting Thought
Yup, we watched the Academy Awards ceremony last night. We sat through the whole damn thing. As always, it was overlong. But at least we were struck by inspiration.
It's only a matter of time before the Aaron Charney story gets turned into a Lifetime Original Movie. And when it does, we have a recommendation for who should play powerhouse partner Alexandra Korry:
Watching this video clip of Meryl Streep's red carpet arrival last night makes the Korry-Streep resemblance even clearer. It's all about the lank hair. Furthermore, their heads have exactly the same oval shape, and their facial features are very similar.
To be sure, Streep usually sticks to feature-film work, rather than made-for-TV movies. But she has done SOME television work over the years, for which she has received Emmy and Golden Globe Awards. And wouldn't the award-fodder role of Alexandra Korry be juicy enough to tempt Meryl over to the small screen?
(No, it's NOT too similar to Streep's Oscar-nominated turn as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada. Miranda was icy, feminine, feline. In contrast, Alexandra Korry's professional success rests upon her acting manly and tough, "like one of the boys." According to Bob Kolker's NYM article, Korry is regarded as "brutal" and "very profane." Those are not adjectives one would apply to the quietly cruel Miranda Priestly.)
Oscar arrival: Meryl Streep [WFAA.com (video)]
Meryl Streep [IMDb]
Alexandra D. Korry bio [Sullivan & Cromwell]
(11) Comments
And Rodney Dangerfield could play me!
Rodney Dangerfield is dead.
Korry looks more like Robin Williams, when he played Mork.
Also, after reading the NYer article, two thoughts crossed my mind: (1) the article states that Charney didn't realize he was gay until he was 25, and alludes to the fact that he has never been in a gay relationship -- could Charney be making up the whole gay thing to create his lawsuit against SullCrom? and (2) Lat, you must track down the "serious girlfriend" Charney had while in college and law school and get the real scoop.
In recent years it's bummed me out that the feature female roles are so terrible or few that actresses (or actor's, for you feminists out there) who play bland roles in worse movies get nominated out of sheer lack of other candidates. My point is that as much as I just adore Ms. Streep, The Devil Wears Prada was one of the worst movies in recent memory. Good thing Ann Hathaway is a babe.
(Also, my girlfriend made me watch it, but that's another story.)
Jack Black = Eric Krautheimer? Rodge Cohen = Paul Newman?
%l Bob... if Lat did that he might find out it was your sister. leave the woman alone. geez
Steve Martin for R. Cohen.
Even if it did turn out to be my sister, it's not like he did anything with her.
anon 5:23 = Charney's ex?
But who's going to play the part of the intrepid ly irreverant reporter with an eye for sagging backpacks and sordid complaints? Obviously the reporter is going to have to be the narrator of our little story...
Too bad Sam Kinison is dead. He would have been perfect for the Alterman role.
Adrien Brody for Aaron Charney? Playing a gay guy may be his path to a second Oscar.