About 10 years ago, there was a Vanity biopic in the works (by VH-1). Supposedly there was even a guy in the film that was going to portray P too.

amethyst68 said:

icecreamcastle777 said:

amethyst68 said:

Aside from some diehard Prince fans, do you think anyone is interested in a Vanity biopic? I was surprised no one was interested in her book.

Mmmm, I wonder why her book about finding Jesus wasn't as popular as Mayte's..

amethyst68 said:

icecreamcastle777 said:

Mmmm, I wonder why her book about finding Jesus wasn't as popular as Mayte's..

Mayte’s book was a best seller because she was Prince’s wife and it was right after his death. Not a fair comparison. Maybe that question would be answered better by someone who didn’t buy Vanity’s book or didn’t follow her on social media. Not many did. It’s interesting to see how some celebs are exalted when they die.

icecreamcastle777 said:

amethyst68 said:

Aside from some diehard Prince fans, do you think anyone is interested in a Vanity biopic? I was surprised no one was interested in her book.

Mmmm, I wonder why her book about finding Jesus wasn't as popular as Mayte's..

I don't think anyone would go and watch it apart from Prince fans

ThatWhiteDude said:

icecreamcastle777 said:

Mmmm, I wonder why her book about finding Jesus wasn't as popular as Mayte's..

The thread is about a vanity biopic. Keep it together, will ya

ThatWhiteDude said:

icecreamcastle777 said:

ThatWhiteDude said:

I would totally watch a vanity biopic by the way. So what if it's only for the hardcore prince fans? That's why we're here, right? Also, if the marketing is done right, I'm sure there'll be interested non-fans. Don't know, she had a pretty interesting life, right? [Edited 9/4/20 7:52am] [Edited 9/4/20 7:53am]

Vanity had a wild and interesting life story. I think people would be interested in her story even if they weren't big Primce fans. She was severely beaten and tortured by her father when she was a child, started modeling and acting in her early career, discovered by Prince who dated her and placed her in one of the first girl group of the 80's, and left him just before the movie he wanted her to star in blew up that would have made her a mega star, became a star in her own right with the movie The Last Dragon, was known throughout the 80's for her beauty and as a sex symbol, had to struggle with the injustice of women trying to make it in Hollywood, lived a fast and promiscuous lifestyle dating some of Hollywood's most famous men, got severely addicted to drugs and crack, Overdosed on drugs and was told she only has a few days to live, spoke to God on her death bed, turned away from her life of fame and gave up everything, turned her life around and completely overcame her drug addiction, married a freaking serial killer, lived for twenty something years without a kidney, dedicated her life to God, became an evangelist and a minister who inspired and helped a lot of lost people, and also people who used to idolized her from her Vanity days, then died 67 days before the icon and lover who discovered her would die. Did I miss anything? If her story can't interest people that aren't Prince fans, their not human, lol. . [Edited 9/5/20 4:48am]

If they ever do it, they should really promote it right. It could interest a lot of people.

icecreamcastle777 said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

About 10 years ago, there was a Vanity biopic in the works (by VH-1). Supposedly there was even a guy in the film that was going to portray P too.

yeah,I remember this.Some of us on this site were saying that the lead singer of Pussycat Dolls should play Vanity.

icecreamcastle777 said:

RODSERLING said:

Funk it; I'm in.

icecreamcastle777 said:

amethyst68 said:

Aside from some diehard Prince fans, do you think anyone is interested in a Vanity biopic? I was surprised no one was interested in her book.

Mmmm, I wonder why her book about finding Jesus wasn't as popular as Mayte's..

Mayte's book was far more affordable and made available because it was put out by a publishing company. Vanity's book was self published and only sold through her wedsite which was pretty obscure. I think her book was $100.00, then it went down to $60.00. Those that have Vanity's book either love it or hated it. She was religious in the end and many were critical of her evangelical themed writing. Those who loved the book spoke about the amazing pictures.

I would definately watch! I often wondered why TV-ONE didn't do one on her a few years back when they were filming bio pics. If I'm not mistaken, their Miki Howard bio pic did quite well in the ratings so no doubt a Vanity bio would have done just as well.