Meryl Streep to play Florence Foster Jenkins

[Brian]

Yes, this is real. Stephen Frears (High Fidelity) will direct a movie about Florence Foster Jenkins (Streep) and her partner (Hugh Grant).

http://www.avclub.com/article/meryl-streep-win-all-awards-playing-famously-terri-210784

[North Star]

Perhaps they got the idea when they heard her performances in MAMMA MIA..

[listener]

Any nominations for casting Cyrus McMoon?  (her accompanist)

[bhodges]

This is the best news I've heard all week - as a big fan of Frears, Streep...and Florence. Hearing some of her recordings as a teenager, I was amused and a bit bewildered (and later, compassionate, empathizing with her delusion). Apparently she would rent Carnegie Hall to perform, and people would flock to hear her sing (or "sing"  ).

I did see the 2005 Broadway play about her, Souvenir, and liked it, but I can imagine Streep doing a spectacular job with the character. And among his many films, I'm a big fan of Stephen Frears's The Grifters (1990).

--Bruce