Crowe To Play Beyonce’s Lover In New A Star Is Born?

Filed under: Alicia Keys,Barbra Streisand,Beyonce,Movie News,Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe and Beyonce have emerged as the front runners for the lead roles in a remake of classic movie A Star Is Born.

Robert Downey, Jr. was attached to the male lead at one point, but now it seems the Gladiator star has taken his place.

Crowe is the new favorite to play an aging, alcoholic musician who mentors and falls in love with a younger female star.

The film was a big screen hit in the 1930s and it has already been reworked twice, with Judy Garland and James Mason in 1957 and Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson in 1976.

Nick Cassavettes is on board to direct the film, which is rumored to feature Mad Men star Jon Hamm, Alicia Keys and Rihanna

Posted in: February 6, 2010 at 11:00 am