I just checked out Aint It Cool News for the first time in weeks, and found this little nugget of gossipy goo:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31176

A movie about the life of Debbie Harry!

Directed by Michael Gondry!

Starring...KIRSTEN FREAKIN DUNST?!?!?

Why would ANYONE cast that little HAG FACED GNOME as one of the most beautiful women in the history of popular music? I'm hoping this is a crap rumor because gawdammit, I'd sooner see Pete Burns in the role than Barfen Hurlst!

TRAVESTY!!!!!

So this obviously begs the question...who WOULD make a good Debbie Harry?

i don't know, but i do know that kirsten dunst wouldn't be it.

someone with the gracefulness/classic looks of scarlett johanssen and the edgy/weirdo/east-village-sexy quality of chloe sevigny, maybe?

Anx said:

kirsten dunst is an awful choice but dear god, not chloe either. what a dreadful actress. and hard on the eyes, too.

what about mary kate olsen? ok, for real...stop laughing. she's already an actress, she's definitely got a strong presence. and it would be a great image makeover in terms of work.

sallysassalot said:

no.

i'd rather see sylvia miles get the part than a damn olsen twin.

Anx said:

see, you're looking at it all wrong. you're talking about "michelle tanner" and not mary kate olsen.

scarlet doesn't have any of the attitude or character needed to play an icon like debbie harry. and chloe is just...uuuuhhhhh. mary kate is skinny, flamboyant, fabulous, chic, rebellious...she could totally do debbie.

sallysassalot said:

debby boone, maybe.

Anx said:

HARSH!

sallysassalot said:

How dare you

Look, it's pretty obvious there is no one who can do it because there is no one who comes close. Actors today are incredibly boring. It's like finding someone to play Monroe - pointless.

sallysassalot said:

This suggestion is no better and no worse than Jonathan Rhys-Meyers playing Elvis Presley.

VoicesCarry said:

but he was good as elvis, so...

sallysassalot said:

And Reese really deserved that Oscar for playing June Carter Cash, eh?

VoicesCarry said:

never saw it. but everything i read or heard suggested the cast was good.

sallysassalot said:

And you thought Julia Roberts was fabulous as Erin Brockovich.

VoicesCarry said:

i would never use the word "fabulous" and "julia roberts" in the same sentence. other than her kid movie roles, what are you judging mary kate's ability on? has she even been offered anything else, movie-wise? i mean, besides what the tabloids write about her, what do any of us know about her abilities as an actress?

sallysassalot said:

This just illustrates why Mary Kate shouldn't play Debbie.

sallysassalot said:

I really thought you were kidding with the Mary-Kate thing. Really. Especially when you said she was "chic".

VoicesCarry said:

VoicesCarry said:

i mary kate! fer real real, not fer play play. and i stand by my comment that she would make a better debbie harry than lame-o kirsten dunst.

sallysassalot said:

I would put them both on the same level - SCRATE TERRIBLE CASTING.

But I could not give you anyone who could do a good job because there is only one Debbie Harry and unfortunately there are no good actors.

definitely would need a young hot Debbie
(aint none around these days) and an older
Debbie (pretty much easier)

sallysassalot said:

I'd go with Ashley.

And no, I'm not being sarcastic

I may be the only one, but I don't think Dunst is so terrible. Just as long as she wears enough makeup, I think she could pull it off. Moreso than Scarlett or Chloe.

sextonseven said:

I agree, look-wise she could probably pull it off. They'll need to beef up her lips though. Debbie's got stronger facial features than Kirsten Dunst.

Though in that same regard, Sienna Miller or Kate Winslet could probabbly pull off Debbie Harry as well with the right makeup.

but she might be a tad too old to pull it off.

or maybe: