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Jennifer Lawrence for biopic


Watched Janis Joplin’s final interview in this clip from the Dick Cavett show (https://youtu.be/irJ4QsacyyY) and envisioned Jennifer Lawrence starring as the late singer with similarities in face and voice. JL should star as her in a biopic!

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You must be a female to think that.

I think that JJ was incredibly talented, lover her music, but she was no beauty.

Lawrence is model hot.

It's hard to think of one because the vast majority of young actresses in Hollywood are beautiful..



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JL is more attractive than JJ but she definitely could look like her with the right hairstyle and clothes. It seems like in most musical biopics the actors are better-looking than their real-life counterparts (i.e. Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie Valenz in La Bamba, John Cusack as Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy), so it would be fitting for JL as well in portraying JJ.

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JJ was like a 4, JL is a solid 5, 6 made up, so she could swing it.

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KATHRYN HAHN!

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There isn't enough Ugly Makeup in the world to make Jennifer Lawrence look like Joplin.

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You should look up the poster for Monster with Charlize Theron...

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Yes! Perfect example of an attractive woman made to look ugly. Also Uma Thurman in her scenes as Pamela Isley in Batman & Robin is another good example of how an actress of “goddess”-level attractiveness can be made to look unattractive.

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Hmm, well I think Charlie is a bit ugly to start with...

Apologies to fans.

But what's with that Clint Eastwood squint that she does all the time? And the way she holds her mouth, like she's trying to express her disdain for everything. Very unattractive, imo. The type of woman I find it difficult to even glance at.

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Most people find Theron highly attractive.

Either way, Monster made Theron take a nose-dive on the attractiveness scale, and you have to know looking at the difference that make-up and prosthetics can make a Hollywood celebrity look a lot less attractive than they really are, which means that Lawrence is a possibility for Joplin.

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or Crispin Glover

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Maybe if they did actors of multiple genders and ages like the actors playing Bob Dylan in I’m Not There. Glover also played Andy Warhol in the Doors.

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YES THAT IS IT!! Crispin Glover as Janis Joplin?! I would see that!

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You should not read the tabloids. Just sta away from all that shot.

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