Who Should Play Zelda Fitzgerald In The Beautiful And The Damned?

Jessica — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:30:00 EDT

Keira Knightley is eyeing the role of Zelda Sayre (Fitzgerald) in a forthcoming biopic called The Beautiful and the Damned, which will be directed by Nick Cassavetes. This seems…completely wrong. Don't get it twisted, I like Keira Knightley a lot. However, Zelda was a mercurial, pampered and warm Southern belle with soft, Kewpie doll features. Keira is all angles and British straightforwardness and not quite fragile enough. I know, I know, it's called acting for a reason, but I still feel she is fundamentally wrong for the part, much like I feel Kate Winslet is all wrong for the role of Isadora Wing in Fear of Flying (Btw, when I said Winslet was "too vanilla" for the part I meant "not Jewish enough"). Renee Zellweger in her early days would have been the perfect choice, but she's too old to play the teenage-to-twentysomething Zelda. Who else would be good? Vote for some better choices, after the jump!

Keira Knightley Eyes 'Damned' [Hollywood Reporter]

Earlier: Poll: Who Should Play Isadora Wing In The Movie Version Of Fear Of Flying?

As Another Woman Goes Missing, Two Others Get Justice

Jessica — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:20:00 EST

Another day, another slew of stories about missing white women. 21-year-old Leah Hickman, a student at Marshall University in West Virginia, has been missing since Saturday night. There are no leads in her disappearance, and her friends have created a Facebook page to help aid in the search for her. Her absence was noted when she missed her shift at Dress Barn on Saturday. (I am desperately trying to keep myself from making a joke about how she probably ran away to avoid another Saturday night at the Barn of Dresses, but I'm too classy for that.) In other news, an arrest has finally been made in the murder of Emily Sander. Emily's original disappearance received a lot of salacious press because of her foray into internet nudie pics. Israel Mireles, with whom Emily left a bar on the night of her death, is now in police custody.

And lastly, police officer Bobby Cutts, who has been in jail for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend Jessie Davis, admitted to killing her. Though Cutts originally plead not guilty, he confessed the murder to his high school friend, Myisha Ferrell. Ferrell has agreed to testify against Cutts. Jessie Davis was nearly nine months pregnant when she was killed.

Student's Disappearance Baffles Family, Friends [ABC News]
Arrest in Student-Porn Actress' Death [Breitbart]
Cop Admits to Killing Pregnant Girlfriend [ABC News]

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Who Should Play Zelda Fitzgerald In The Beautiful And The Damned?

As Another Woman Goes Missing, Two Others Get Justice