True or not, certain tidbits are just too good (or too weird) for us to pass up. So, when we read a story today on ShowBizIreland.com — a Web site covering the business of the movies in, um, Ireland — saying that Melanie Griffith — who, we believe, bears little resemblance to Julia Roberts — will reportedly play (yes) Julia Roberts in an upcoming film, we had to check it out.
“The Limo Man” is based on the true-life encounter between Roberts and celebrity limousine chauffeur Mick Devine, who met in July 1991 after the “Pretty Woman” woman called for his services at 2 a.m., and asked him to pick her up from a hotel after she had just broken up with ex-beau Kiefer Sutherland.
The Irish site claims Griffith’s agent confirmed the casting. But, needless to say, we didn’t believe it. So we called Robin Baum, Griffith‘s publicist, to find out. It took a while for Baum to call us back, but she brought us the news.
“No,” Baum tells us. “There is a movie called ‘The Limo Man,’ but she (Griffith) will not play Julia Roberts.”
Dang. We were reallly wondering how the flick was going to remake 43-year-old Griffith into 32-year-old Roberts. And we were thinking of all the great jokes that we could milk from this story.
“The Limo Man” will reportedly go into production at the end of September in Ireland.
