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Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 6:14 PM
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Subject: [Sndbox] Barbra Streisand to Be Mother Focker?
Barbra Streisand to Be Mother Focker?
Barbra Streisand is seriously considering becoming a Focker. I am told that the actress-director-singer will likely say yes to an offer from the producers of "Meet the Parents" to play Ben Stiller’s mother in the upcoming sequel called "Meet the Fockers" (Stiller played the unfortunately-named Greg Focker in the original). Dustin Hoffman is already signed on as a Focker and will play Stiller’s father. Robert DeNiro and Blythe Danner will reprise their roles as Stiller’s in-laws, with Teri Polo as his wife.
Maybe this will distract her from the political action this year in the presidential race.
Streisand’s last film project was "The Mirror Has Two Faces," which was released in 1996. She has been mostly inactive in the film world, looking for projects she can direct. But Jay Roach, the director of "Meet the Parents" and the Austin Powers movies, will be calling the shots on this project. Three screenwriters are credited with the "Meet the Fockers" script, but John Hamburg — the original writer of "Meet the Parents" — is not included. Hamburg wrote the current Stiller hit "Along Came Polly" and was the uncredited script doctor on the very "Parents"-like Miramax flop "Duplex."
If Streisand signs on the dotted line — and I’m told she will — producers DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will really have scored a coup. DeNiro, Hoffman, and Streisand in one film promises a box office bonanza now matter how repetitive the script is from the first movie. And Streisand will give the group added zest. Many people have probably forgotten this, but her best work is in the comedy field. Just check out Peter Bogdanovich’s underrated classic, "What’s Up Doc?" and see what I mean. If Streisand can get away from backlighting and dreamy, self-conscious close ups and get back to her comic timing, she could very well quip her way back into a big movie career.
But one question: doesn’t this part suggest she will play a monstrous mother-in-law and cloying, over-powering mother? Isn’t that the same sort of role Jennifer Lopez’s people want Jane Fonda to play in "Monster in Law"? Just asking!
My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right. (Ashleigh Brilliant)
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