Role rumoured to have attracted Catherine Zeta-Jones and Robin Williams could finally have gone to Fatal Attraction actor
Glenn Close is to play reality TV star Susan Boyle in a forthcoming biopic of the Scottish singer's life, according to the Sun.
The newspaper says Close has agreed to take the role despite Boyle's preference for her compatriot Elaine C Smith, best known for playing Rab C Nesbitt's long-suffering wife in the BBC sitcom that shares his name.
A source told the paper's Bizarre column: "The film is full steam ahead now the leading role is sorted. It was always going to be a tricky one to cast. [Susan Boyle's] incredible story is so well-known across the planet that the film is bound to go down a storm.
"Glenn has played some imposing women in the past including Cruella de Vil and Alex Forrest, who boils the pet rabbit in Fatal Attraction. But [Boyle] might just be her biggest role yet."
At 63, Close might seem a strange choice to play the 49-year-old singer ? though not as bizarre a prospect as Robin Williams, who briefly made the news in 2009 when he suggested that he wanted a crack at the role. The Daily Mail also reported that Catherine Zeta-Jones was interested in the part.
The Susan Boyle biopic has been a popular subject in the press ever since the singer rose to fame on the reality TV show Britain's Got Talent in 2009, but trade magazines such as Variety and the Hollywood Reporter have been conspicuously quiet on the subject.
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