Scarlett as the Backwoods Barbie?

If you go to www.DollyParton.com, there is absolutely nothing there other than an indication that something will be added in 2008. In other words, the country singer’s official website is about as firm as the rumor that Ms.

Parton would like Ms. Scarlett Johansson to play her in a movie, as part of her discussions with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes to produce the biopic. Scientology crossed with country and western, now there’s a thought (“The Ballad of L. Ron Hubbard”). This news was reported today by the female trio of Leigh Purves, Amy Watts and Charli Morgan, authors of the UK tabloid Daily Star gossip column known as “The Goss.” While the odds are about nine to five that Parton and-or Johansson will have denied the Friday, December 7th report by Monday, December 10th, the latter should actually seriously consider the casting thought. Because a movie starring the 5’4” Johansson as the 5’0” Parton makes perfect sense. They are anatomically well matched, and the time also seems right for Dollywood to meet Hollywood. Last year, Parton turned 60 and was one of the annual Kennedy Center honorees. The only real concerning question is whether or not Johansson can master a Smoky Mountains, Tennessee accent. On that one, the odds are about five to nine. Cruise’s career as a United Artists producer is off to a rocky start, with Lions for Lambs yakking its way to only $13.9 million domestically. But if he dials down the dialogue, finds a talented Dakota Fanning type to play Dolly as a child and touches on the Parton obsession cultivated by filmmaker Russ Meyer, who knows? It could be weird enough to work. An added wrinkle is the fact that while Parton has embraced plastic surgery, Johansson is adamant about not having had any. In fact, she has indicated that she may sue US Weekly for a recent cover story that insinuated she has had work done. So this biopic could also be a way for Scarlett to go under the knife without actually going under the knife.

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