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Debbie Harry biopic on the way

9:34 p.m. · October 24, 2006 · by John Zeiss

Via Variety
Have a rock star from generations past that you admire? Ever wanted to try your hand at writing a screenplay? Well combine the two and get at it, because musician biopics are flying off the griddle like hotcakes right now. Next up (reportedly): Ms. Marie Antoinette herself, Kirsten Dunst, as Blondie head-blonde Debbie Harry. I'm thinking the title should just be Don't Do Drugs. Because to my eyes, no one went from angelically gorgeous to haggard quicker in the '80s than Harry.
I need to get cracking on my Lou Reed biopic screenplay. Hear it out: I'm going with Mark Wahlberg in the lead role. There's a scene in the second half of Boogie Nights, where Dirk Diggler is wearing shades and giving an interview about his filmmaking, in which Marky Mark is a dead ringer for Reed. It will be titled Underground, and the poster will be a blur mixing images of Reed with headphones on/undergoing shock therapy.
Any other biopic ideas? Stake your claim on the message boards before there's no one left to make a movie about...

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