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Thread started 09/19/03 3:35am

DavidEye

Jennifer Beals (star of "Flashdance") auditoned for the Apollonia role in "Purple Rain"

When Vanity left the 'Purple Rain' movie project before filming began,Prince and his managers held auditions to quickly find a new leading lady.One of the ladies who auditioned was actress Jennifer Beals,who at the time,was red-hot because of her role in "Flashdance".

What do you think? Do you think Jennifer would have made a perfect co-star? She's pretty and was well-known at the time,and she can act.Well,not sure if she's a great actress as I haven't seen "Flashdance" in years...lol...
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Reply #1 posted 09/19/03 3:38am

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DavidEye said:

When Vanity left the 'Purple Rain' movie project before filming began,Prince and his managers held auditions to quickly find a new leading lady.One of the ladies who auditioned was actress Jennifer Beals,who at the time,was red-hot because of her role in "Flashdance".

What do you think? Do you think Jennifer would have made a perfect co-star? She's pretty and was well-known at the time,and she can act.Well,not sure if she's a great actress as I haven't seen "Flashdance" in years...lol...


She would have made a better Apollonia than Apollonia, if that's possible. The story sounds very dubious though.
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Reply #2 posted 09/19/03 4:23am

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I bet she doesn't have as nice juggs as Apollonia.
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Reply #3 posted 09/19/03 6:17am

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Romance1600 said:

I bet she doesn't have as nice juggs as Apollonia.



LOL...I saw Jennifer in a recent movie called "The Last Days Of Disco" and she was really tall and skinny.Maybe it was the heels or something,but she just looked really tall.I'm not sure if she could have played Prince's love interest,unless she wore flat shoes in the movie...lol
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Reply #4 posted 09/19/03 6:33am

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DavidEye said:

Romance1600 said:

I bet she doesn't have as nice juggs as Apollonia.



LOL...I saw Jennifer in a recent movie called "The Last Days Of Disco" and she was really tall and skinny.Maybe it was the heels or something,but she just looked really tall.I'm not sure if she could have played Prince's love interest,unless she wore flat shoes in the movie...lol


I have that film on video, but I didn't know she was in it
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Reply #5 posted 09/19/03 6:36am

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gainsbourg said:

DavidEye said:

Romance1600 said:

I bet she doesn't have as nice juggs as Apollonia.



LOL...I saw Jennifer in a recent movie called "The Last Days Of Disco" and she was really tall and skinny.Maybe it was the heels or something,but she just looked really tall.I'm not sure if she could have played Prince's love interest,unless she wore flat shoes in the movie...lol


I have that film on video, but I didn't know she was in it



She has a small role in this film.She's the lady who finds out that her boyfriend is gay.Her scenes are near the beginning.
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Reply #6 posted 09/19/03 7:16am

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i don't think i would have liked jennifer beals to play that part, she just doesn't seem to fit the part of prince's idiot girlfriend
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Reply #7 posted 09/19/03 7:30am

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NikkiVail said:

i don't think i would have liked jennifer beals to play that part, she just doesn't seem to fit the part of prince's idiot girlfriend


Apollonia's not an idiot! She's an ambitious young entertainer, just like Jennifer Beal's character in 'Flashdance'
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