{"id":91976,"date":"2023-11-12T17:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T01:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=91976"},"modified":"2023-11-12T17:33:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T01:33:01","slug":"more-barbra-dish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2023\/11\/12\/more-barbra-dish\/","title":{"rendered":"More Barbra Dish"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFame is a hollow trophy.  No matter who you are,
\nyou can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time.\u201d <\/em><\/span>
\n\u2013 <\/em>Wise words from Barbra Streisand<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You all know that Barbra Streisand<\/strong>\u2019s book is out.  And I know you know this, because the majority of e-mails I received last week are about it.  Since the book is only slightly longer than War and Peace<\/em><\/strong>, and the audiobook clocks in at 48 hours, I haven\u2019t made my way through the whole thing.  But I know you\u2019ll want some details that you won\u2019t read elsewhere.  So I skipped to the chapter about her attempt at filming Larry Kramer<\/strong>\u2019s The Normal Heart<\/em><\/strong>.  At first, she was going to direct and star in it.  But there were numerous issues with Larry\u2019s script, the casting, the money, and the studio.  After numerous roadblocks, Streisand stepped down as director in frustration.  Kramer asked George C. Wolfe <\/strong>to direct the film, in which Barbra would still act (alongside, we now learn, Ben Stiller<\/strong>).  But the difficulties continued.  Kramer criticized Barbra publicly, and the project eventually fell apart.<\/p>\n

But Barbra never gave up on The Normal Heart<\/em><\/strong>, and actually put together a cast that would include Mark Ruffalo<\/strong>, Bradley Cooper <\/strong>and Julia Roberts<\/strong>.  The sticking point was that nobody would pay Larry the one million dollars he wanted for his script.  While this was going on, Julia was making Eat Pray Love<\/em><\/strong> directed by Ryan Murphy<\/strong>.  Barbra explains, \u201cThe next thing I hear is that Ryan has written Larry a check for one million dollars and will be directing the movie for HBO <\/em>with Julia Roberts and Mark Ruffalo.  Well, he didn\u2019t get Bradley Cooper \u2013 then I would have had to kill myself!\u201d  Throughout this chapter, Barbra speaks at length about her son Jason Gould<\/strong>.   \u201cJason really wanted me to make this movie, and I was looking forward to working with him on the film in some capacity.  It meant so much to me just as his mother.\u201d  After critiquing Murphy\u2019s version, she summed up by saying: \u201cI\u2019ll always regret I didn\u2019t get to make The Normal Heart<\/em>.  It\u2019s my loss.  But I\u2019m glad Larry finally got it made.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Barbra also talks about many films she was asked to be in.  One surprise was Splash<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 the Ron Howard <\/strong>movie with Daryl Hannah <\/strong>as a mermaid.  Picture the climactic scene, where Tom Hanks <\/strong>finds Barbra with a mermaid tail in the bathtub!  I would have paid anything to hear him say, \u201cSo don\u2019t just lay there, honey \u2013 swim something.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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