Johnny Depp and Carol Channing support Depp as Carol in biopic.

[Captain Hilts]

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2009/07/23/2009-07-23_carol_channing_wants_johnny_depp_to_play_her_in_movie_of_her_life_and_johnny_dep.html

A Carol Channing biopic starring Johnny Depp might seem like an off-the-wall idea, but the unlikely sounding project has two key supporters: Johnny Depp and Carol Channing. After the Mirror quoted Depp last week saying that playing Channing would be his "dream role," Channing has now announced she'd love to see his handsome mug fill her heels in a big screen version of her life.

"I think he is a gifted performer and I would be very proud, as well as interested in seeing what his vision of me would be," the octogenarian Tony-winning singer and comedienne told Broadway World.

As for that niggling issue of gender, Channing pooh-poohed the idea that a man - a very good looking one to boot - wouldn't be perfectly well-suited to the role of hers truly.

[Avalux]

1. Depp could do this; he'd nail her voice.

Might scare some children but....I can see it happening. :thumbsup:

[Captain Hilts]

3. I have to admit, I'm intrigued. And she's a man-sized woman. nt

[Ken Burch]

2. Given that Ms. Channing always SEEMED like a drag character anyway...

Let's give it a shot!

[Captain Hilts]

5. And is a DIEHARD DEMOCRAT. She went to college with Katharine Hepburn's 2 younger sisters. nt

[Ken Burch]

28. I remember that. She rewrote the lyrics of "Hello Dolly" as a campaign song for LBJ

(It's ok, she probably backed one of the peace candidates in '68).

[slampoet]

39. Ive seen Carol Channing Drag queens. Recently the drummer in a play of HEDWIG and the Angry Inch

[whistler162]

47. I was priveldge to see Carol Channing live and

she had a changing screen on stage. IIRC.. from my seat definetly not a drag character. Well I only saw her upper body until I averted my gaze! Age had not lessened by much....

Johnny Depp as a female singer.... might work.

[dysfunctional press]

49. i always wondered if she might in fact have been one...

her, ethel merman, or dionne warwick...i kinda figure that at least one of them HAS/had to be a guy.

[havocmom]

4. Hey, Depp looked fine in that angora sweater in Ed Woods

Besides, he does have similar facial structure as Ms. Channing. Seems like great casting.

[Sal Minella]

19. In "Before Night Falls" he was a gorgeous, sexy blonde woman (BonBon).

Took me a bit to figure out why BonBon looked so familiar. I think he'd be a great Carol Channing.

[saltpoint]

21. He was. Also he played the police/military interrogator in the same film.

I don't think anybody can argue that Depp doesn't have the chops.

[DevonRex]

41. Oh my, he was absolutely gorgeous in that movie, both when in drag

and in uniform. I read that some of his fellow actors in that movie couldn't keep their eyes off his tush as BonBon.

[kevinbgoode]

59. I just saw that movie early this summer...

and at first I didn't even recognize him as Bon-Bon..haha...but he was very hot as the interrogation officer.

And what a great movie that was. . .

[waiting for hope]

6. Think it's a great idea -

He can exude a feminine allure, even Willie Wonka had a delicate look.

[DJ13]

7. After that horrid, feminine wig he wore in Willy Wonka

I think he already DID that role.

[Jennicut]

18. LOL. It was rather...strange. But then again that is Jonny Depp.

He could totally do this.

[NuttyFluffers]

20. no dear, that was Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue

:)

[TokenQueer]

8. I just love that Carol Channing so heartily embraces her camp status.

This has midnight movie cult potential all day long!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6g929abIrs&feature=related

[Captain Hilts]

9. Carol's always been fun at a party. Adores Democrats and David Letterman. nt

[TokenQueer]

11. No doubt.

How often do I have an excuse to link to Carol Channing in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" on Democratic Underground? I may as well take full advantage of this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-UrGp4Wbk4&feature=related :applause:

[KittyWampus]

31. Jazzmataz-tastic!

[madamesilverspurs]

45. Raaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzberrrieees!!!

[libnnc]

10. my god that's brilliant

never in a million years thought of it but I TOTALLY can see it

[Captain Hilts]

12. Yeah, I think it's great. nt

[CakeGrrl]

13. That's gonna be FUN!

I can just see the Oscar nomination.

:D

[DefenseLawyer]

14. There's a guy at home in his own skin

So many people talk about truly not caring what other people think or expect of them, but so few actually accomplish the feat.

[Mrs. Overall]

15. That would be great!

[DebbieCDC]

16. He would be great

Johnny Depp can play any role and do it well.

[canetoad]

35. I am so, so sorry

and while agreeing that JD is an interesting actor, I have recently watched 'From Hell', where he plays Frank Aberline, the detective who hunted Jack the Ripper in London in the 1880s.

It was possibly the most hammy, corny, contrived, artificial, amateurish performance I've ever seen on film.

[piratefish08]

17. 21 jump street

just sayin'

[UTUSN]

22. Wow. Wow. And just wow. n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. That's got to be an extremely challenging role

Depp is one of the few great film actors of this era, I think. Right now I can't see how he can do it convincingly, but he certainly has talent and I don't doubt his committment. I applaud his desire to take risks and not continually play the same character movie-after-movie as some other actors do.

[Captain Hilts]

24. Sean Penn is good too, but not big enough to play the large Carol. nt

[Ken Burch]

25. We can cast Sean as the young Streisand, in the big scene where Barbra and Carol

punch it out over who's the all-time best Dolly Levi. It turns into a disco mudwrestling extravaganza.

[slampoet]

26. Okay, this gets my award for strange story of the day.

But i have to admit it is just crazy enough to work.

[Ken Burch]

29. Of course, in the name of equal time, the Republicans are going to demand

that Chuck Norris play Martha Raye.

[TokenQueer]

30. Nah. His chompers aren't big enough to play Martha.

Gary Busey, perhaps?

[Ken Burch]

33. God, you're right

Except that he'd say "HI! I'm Martha Raye, The cokemouth!"

And then they need to have Victoria Jackson play the lead in "The Mickey Rooney Story".

[TokenQueer]

34. Ha!

:rofl:

[dysfunctional press]

50. then how about chuck norris as martha mitchell?

[dana_b]

27. that's gonna be good

he can definitely pull this off and it suits him. It's even better that she likes the idea. lol

[omega minimo]

32. OH YESSSSHH!!!

:bounce:

[Matariki]

36. Ever see Skidoo?

with Channing, Groucho Marx and Jackie Gleason?

Jackie Gleason does LSD in the weirdest musical prison scene you've ever seen and Groucho Marx is a crime boss named God. I highly recommend it for it's marvelous, 60's era camp value.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063612/

[TokenQueer]

37. ...not to mention all the Batman villains that fill out the supporting cast.

Frank Gorshin (The Riddler), Burgess Meredith (The Penguin) and Cesar Romero (The Joker)... :thumbsup:

[slampoet]

38. Holey Hotcakes!! How did i miss that movie? sounds craptastic!!! Thanks for the tip.

[Toasterlad]

40. That Guy Won't Be Happy Until Everyone In the World Bows Down Before Him And Says As One:

"You're the weirdest person who ever lived!"

[asjr]

42. I thought Carol Channing had died long ago.

[Captain Hilts]

43. I think Channing was on Nixon's enemies list. Yes, she would tell of reunion parties of some

of those on the list.

[Ken Burch]

48. They'd have been great parties

Get Channing, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, Streisand, Jane Fonda, Noam Chomsky, Dick Gregory together...damn, I'm there!

(Just looked at the list and Michael De Bakey, the heart surgeon, was on it. What did Nixon have against HIM?)

[Captain Hilts]

51. She would tell how Arthur Schlesinger and his wife could not degree on how to

pronounce their last name.

When Myrna Loy died there was NO mention of her being on the enemies list. She was listed "because I supported the UN and was a friend of Eleanor Roosevelt."

[Ken Burch]

53. I now like Myrna Loy a lot more.

That's the coolest bit of celebrity info I've learned recently, other than discovering(via Wikipedia)that Cesar Romero had supported liberation theology.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

44. If he pulls it off, he is the greatest actor ever.......

Seriously.

[blaze]

46. I love the idea of this!!

And with Ms Channing on board.... What fun!!

[Patsy Stone]

52. This needs to happen IMMEDIATELY.

I would love to see this movie.

[Captain Hilts]

54. Your pal known for portraying Patsy Stone would be fun to have in it...nt

[foo_bar]

55. apropos of the "when worlds collide" theme:

Sorala arrived with forty other Gurkha wives, all wearing traditional green saris bearing the Gurkha emblem of two crossed Khukuri knives.

As they waited for Ms Lumley's plane to touch down, they handed out placards bearing the slogans "daughter of Nepal", "goddess" and "thank you". <...>

"We don't have any word to describe her, because she's like an original goddess for the Gurkhas. So we'll heartily welcome her to Kathmandu.

"It is a homecoming for her," he said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8169641.stm

[Captain Hilts]

56. I know, isn't that awesome?!

[Patsy Stone]

60. She would

but now I can't get Johnny Depp in a blonde bob out of my head.

Joanna: :loveya:

[MrScorpio]

57. If Blanchette can do Dylan, the Depp can do Channing

Nuff said

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

58. If Cate Blanchett can play Dylan, why not?