Way back in March of 2005 we told you that Courtney Love was set to play Deep Throat sword swallower Linda Lovelace in a biopic. But that was before the rehab and the more rehab and the court-ordered rehab and the Pam Anderson roasting and the Steve Coogan fake impregnation and the many, many surgeries to attempt to regain the face she had before the other many, many surgeries. So she's been kind of busy. And what with all her new dead-husband money, she probably doesn't need to fake suck dick on screen. So she's leaving it to Scary Movie star Anna Faris. According to Mtv.com:
With films like "Just Friends" and the "Scary Movie" franchise, Anna Faris has given us so many deep belly laughs that it's hard to not develop an equally deep appreciation for her comedic talents. But as she revealed to us on Tuesday, her next film will not only be Faris' most difficult role yet, but will also offer the actress one more chance to get deep."There's a project about Linda Lovelace, the porn star, that we're really hoping to put together soon," Faris said of a dramatic biopic that will cast her as the infamous "Deep Throat" actress who dragged the X-rated movie into mainstream culture. "It's a really deep, dark drama ó and it would be cool for me to do."
The affable 30-year-old beauty hopes to get cameras rolling on the film with enough time to finish it before the impending writers' strike in June, she and has targeted the subject of the 2005 documentary hit "Inside Deep Throat" for her most dramatic role yet. For those who aren't versed in filthy '70s cinema, Lovelace was the stage name Linda Susan Boreman adopted before starring in "Throat," the 1972 flick about a frustrated woman exploring (and exploring, and exploring again) her sexuality.
"It's called 'Inferno,' " Faris said of the film, which she is currently putting together alongside a first-time filmmaker. She said other stars haven't been cast yet but that director Matthew Wilder will helm the flick.
"This would be incredibly intense," Faris said of the script about Lovelace, who died in 2002 following a car accident and several weeks on life support. "It would be the most difficult thing I've done, and I'm really nervous."
"It's a pretty tragic story," Faris admitted with earnest. "It's going to be a challenge, definitely."
Great. A "deep, dark drama" that's "incredibly intense." You know what that means, right? It will probably focus on Linda's anti-porn later life, and the scenes of her actually deep throating dong will feature Anna dressed in a prim, high-collared, lace dress. And a burka. Oh, and to bring you down even farther, Anna already set the body-double precedent in Scary Movie. Yeah. This movie's gonna rock.
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