Please, Hollywood gods, make this happen.
The words “musical biopic” may cause the ears to burn of some people still recovering from the unfortunate Queen musical biopicbut it’s safe to bet that if Dolly has her hands on the film, it’s going to be as overwhelmingly excellent and accidentally touching as she is.
“I do intend someday to be on Broadway, but I’m thinking now that I might do my life story as a feature,” she said in an interview on theradio show. “Maybe possibly even a musical feature, so we’re in talks about that.” In the past few years, Parton and her team discussed the possibility of a Broadway musical adaptation, where Parton even had casting ideas. "I love Kristin Chenoweth. She’s just absolutely fantastic,” she said. “I thought she’d be an ideal person to do that... We'd probably have to have — as long as my career has been — like a little Dolly and a middle Dolly and then the older one.
“Growing up in Nashville, I’ve loved Dolly since the moment I heard her magical voice and saw her luminous personality shine onstage,” Witherspoon said in a statement. “Beyond her magnetic presence as an artist and performer, she is one of the greatest songwriters and storytellers of our time.”
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