5 Other Legends Who Deserve a Biopic

2022 is entering the ‘era of all-star biopics’, as evidenced by the imminent release of Andrew Dominic’s semi-fictional Marilyn Monroe story blonde Starring Ana de Armas, and previously released Baz Luhrmann Elvis A biopic starring Austin Butler as Presley and Tom Hanks as notorious manager Colonel Tom Parker.This is Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein Maestroand Madonna (of course) will direct a film of her own life story starring Julia Garner as “Material Girl.”

All of this blew us away. Who other American legends deserve the celebrity biopic treatment?The following five suggestions are coming to Hollywood for free.

Dolly Parton

The country legend has announced that she wants to produce, in true Dolly fashion, but Musical biography of her own life, Dolly Parton’s life story was rich enough to make her a full limited run series. I grew up in a one-room hut. Parton’s story is a true American rag-to-rich story. At an early age, Parton began writing songs with her uncle and mentor, country legend Bill Owens, and by the age of 13 she was on the legendary country side of the radio show The Grand Ole Opry. In Johnny she was appearing with Cash.

All the best biopics are filled with ridiculous larger-than-life characters. Parton’s life is certainly full of them, including longtime collaborator Porter Wagoner, the aforementioned Cash, and friends and collaborators like Tanya Tucker, Kenny Rogers, and Elvis Presley. and his notorious manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Best of all, there’s even a happy ending to this story, with Parton becoming a movie star, successful entrepreneur, producer, and living American treasure. As for who will be performing Parton thinks Kristen Chenoweth should play herand who do we argue with?

Jayne Mansfield

Marilyn Monroe remains the gold standard of 1950s cinematic beauty, but her rival, the equally intriguing and tragic Jayne Mansfield, has a compelling story.

A contemporary of Monroe, Mansfield began her career on the beauty pageant circuit in Austin, Texas, winning titles such as Miss Magnesium Ramp and Miss Fire Prevention Week. In early 1955, she posed for a newly launched men’s magazine. playboy, And later that year, she played the role of Plum as movie star Rita Marlowe in the 1955 Broadway hit. Does success ruin rock hunters?.20^th Century Fox studio head Buddy Adler chose the film rights to the play to keep Mansfield out of his stage contract.

When her film career faltered in the early 1960s, Mansfield continued to perform to large crowds on the nightclub circuit. Her personal life has been similarly eventful, she has been married three times to PR her professional Paul Mansfield, actor/bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay, and film director Matt Cimber. Manfield died in a car accident at the young age of 34. Scarlett Johansen is perfect for the role and will bring to life her Mansfield trademark blend of bombshell and humor.

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker was a black American singer/dancer/actress born to former slaves in St. Louis, Missouri. She became a chorus her dancer on Broadway when she was still in her teens and had a blockbuster in Paris when she was 19 years old, and she performed with such notable artists as Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway. I became close with She officially became a French citizen in 1937.

During World War II, Baker became an Allied spy, using her major world celebrities as the perfect cover, traveling internationally and befriending the wives of various heads of state, whose husbands confided We shared a secret. Baker went to the bathroom at the party, wrote notes about the conversation on his arm, and transcribed the notes onto sheet music in invisible ink to give to British intelligence.

Late in life, Baker devoted himself to the civil rights movement, working with the NAACP. She was a famous celebrity all over the world, but in America she was a stork and she could not eat in restaurants like clubs. She ended up refusing to work in America, and she addressed Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington in 1963. good.

George Carlin

Boundary-breaking comedian George Carlin started life at West 121^st Harlem streets to Irish immigrants. In the early 1960s, Carlin was a clean, uncontroversial comedian. ed sullivan show, one of the highest-rated TV shows of its time. In 1964, Carlin attended a Lenny Bruce performance at New York’s Cafe O Go Go. When police arrested Bruce on an obscenity charge, Carlin refused to provide his ID to the police, in part because Carlin’s friend, police officer Randy Jürgensen, was in the club wearing wire. was arrested along with Bruce as.

By the early ’70s, Carlin had fully moved into the counterculture and was arrested for obscenity after performing the “Seven Dirty Words” routine at Milwaukee’s Summerfest in 1972. Carlin’s infamous broadcast of Bit on New York radio station WBAI resulted in a fine by the Federal Communications Commission in 1973. WBAI appealed the fine, and the case upheld his FCC judgment. tried by the Supreme Court.

Troubles with the IRS continued, and Carlin refused to negotiate with the government for years, then toured frequently to pay his fines. He was known to be a maestro and a prophet.To play the legendary Carlin better than Daniel Radcliffe fact life.

Roberto Clemente

Born in a sugar cane field in Puerto Rico as one of seven children to a supervisor, Robero Clemente went on to become recognized as one of the greatest players in Major League Baseball history.

First recruited to play softball in the professional Puerto Rican League at age 14, Clemente played in the major leagues at age 21, making his debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955. He appeared in 15 All-Star games and from 1961 until 1972 he won the Golden He Glove Award as Defensive Player of the Year in 12 consecutive seasons. in the process.

In 1972, an earthquake hit Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, and Clemente donated a number of aid packages for the victims. After transportation aid for the first few flights was diverted by corrupt local officials, Clemente decided to personally escort the next batch. . His body was never recovered. As for who can play Clemente, the boys Star Laz Alonso would be an excellent choice due to his Afro-Latino ancestry and athleticism.