Susan Boyle

What Robin Williams might look like as Susan Boyle

When the idea of a film about the life story of Susan Boyle first appeared, it was rumoured that Catherine Zeta Jones would like the starring role. Subsequently, The Guardian offered up Meryl Streep as being right lady for the job. However, now a less conventional and perhaps more controversial front runner has allegedly thrown his hat into the ring.

The Daily Star has quoted Robin Williams as saying: “I’ve been asked if I want to play Susan in the movie. I think she’s incredible. That clip of her singing on Britain’s Got Talent was extraordinary. So inspiring. It was quite a shock when she began to sing.

“I saw some other clip of her singing Cry Me A River a few years ago. It was incredible. She’s got a really great voice.”

Robin Williams, 58, has apparently taught himself to mimic Susan Boyle’s voice with his own version of I Dreamed a Dream.

Of course, Robin Williams is famous for playing that other well known but fictional heroine, Mrs Doubtfire. Other well known male film stars who have played ladies include Dustin Hoffman’s Tootsie and John Travolta’s Edna Turnblad in Hairspray.

However, all the ladies so far portrayed have been fictional characters and the films themselves have been comedies. Many Susan Boyle fans would no doubt be aghast to think of their heroine, recently made beautiful by Harper’s Bazaar, being portrayed by a man – not to mention the fact that Susan herself might be offended. I would have thought that it is in any film maker’s best interest that they get Susan on board and happy – after all – it is her life story.

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