Can someone who has played characters named Vinnie Barbarino (Welcome Back Kotter), Tony (Saturday Night Fever), or Danny Zuko (Grease) ever play a Texan named J.R. Ewing, have a wife named Sue Ellen and live at South Fork Ranch?
Please note that the original J.R. was played by Larry Hagman and was born in Weatherford, TX. Can you get more Texan than someone named Larry? And someone with the last name Travolta has been cast to revive this character. Seriously...I'm very bothered by this casting.
Travolta, JLo to Star in 'Dallas' MovieFriday April 21 8:14 AM ET
British director Gurinder Chadha announced Friday that she would direct John Travolta and Jennifer Lopez in a big-screen version of 80s TV show "Dallas."
The "Bend it Like Beckham" director said she had signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to direct the film, which will star Travolta as villainous oil magnate J.R. Ewing and Lopez as his wife Sue Ellen.
In a statement, Chadha said her appointment meant that the sort of South Asian-themed British films that made her name had "huge credibility and respect in Hollywood."
Chadha, who gave Jane Austen a Bollywood twist in last year's "Bride and Prejudice," is also involved with adapting another TV hit, 60s sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie." She said that film "is still in the pipeline, but there is still some way to go on the script."
Filming on "Dallas" is due to start in October, with the movie slated for a late 2007 release.
I'm not even going to start with Jennifer Lopez...any suggestions for J.R. casting?
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I'm one of the few J.Lo fans left in this world (hey, she made it hot to have a big rear - I'm forever grateful to her for that).
But I can't even get over her being cast for Dallas. She's not Texas, she's Jenny from the Block!
J.Lo. yipes. I can't even start on that. I think the most Texany dude out there is Tommy Lee Jones. He's almost even too withered to play JR. Dennis Quaid is getting fat enough to be a big'ol texan. How about ray Liotta? Seriously that's the one!!! I should be in casting.
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