March 13, 2003
Liv Tyler to Play Bettie Page
[Movie News]
Bettie Page
Liv Tyler
www.infobeat.com reports that:
Leather Liv
World Entertainment News NetworkLuscious LIV TYLER has signed up to play 1950s icon BETTIE PAGE - and the part requires her to don slinky leather outfits.
The LORD OF THE RINGS star has been desperate to play bondage-loving Page for nearly four years and has been waiting for the right script to come along.
Her interest is supported by producer and director MARK MORI - who owns the rights to Page's story, which has previously interested GANGS OF NEW YORK film-maker MARTIN SCORSESE.
He says, "Liv Tyler is still attached and she's more enthusiastic than ever. When I first met her, Liv told me, 'I was born to play Betty Page'. Right now, we're trying to develop a script. We may have some sort of announcement to make about a script very soon."
And even Page's official biographer is keen on the curvy Tyler.
He gushes, "The meaning and importance of Bettie's era doesn't have to be taught and spoon-fed to Liv Tyler - she knows it already."
Very interesting news, though Liv seems to be the wrong body type to play the curvacious Page.
Update: The title role in The Ballad of Bettie Page (2004) has gone to Gretchen Mol. Here is an image of Mol from The Thirteenth Floor:
Yes, please.
Posted by: Nick on March 16, 2003 11:52 AMWell, this isn't really "new" info - in fact, it says Liv is "still attached", which means nothing has really changed since she's been associated with the project for a year or two now:
http://thebettiepage.com/archives/2003_03.html#000953
Posted by: jca on March 16, 2003 12:47 PMI can't wait to see Liv in this movie!!!! In fact Bettie and Liv are my main 2 role-models, and when I heard about it I was sooo happy. I think Liv will do great, because they are both beautiful, and amazing!
i believe that liv tyler is very good for this part. and that would be alwsome if martin scorsese got on this project.
Posted by: steven on March 3, 2004 02:58 AMAccording to Dark Horizons the role of Page has gone to Gretchen Mol
I think Liv Tyler would be great. I don't know much about Mol.
Bettie deserves a good depiction of her life.
Posted by: Lois on April 2, 2004 08:38 AMI think Liv is the best suited for this role, Gretchen Mol looks and acts nothing like Bettie. I will be very upset if Mol gets the role as the greatest, sexiest woman ever to grace Playboy, and any other photo for that matter.
Posted by: Anna-Maria Bettie Lucki on April 6, 2004 07:13 PMLiv should have gotten the part
Posted by: cory n tyler on June 10, 2004 01:13 PMgretchen will do fabulous!
Posted by: heather on June 26, 2004 12:00 PMi CANNOT believe that no one thought of DITA VON TEESE as BETTIE !
They look alike, the are in the same business, and DITA has the attitude that made BETTIE infamous !
if this film wanted to do justice, DITA would have been cast....
Posted by: exotica on July 2, 2004 02:29 PMWill the movie have and traditional stocking and garterbelt wrestling and catfighting, like Bettie Page was known for?
Posted by: Tom on August 19, 2004 12:56 PMWhat moron thought that Mol even remotely looks like the beautiful Bettie Page? Liv Tyler is closer then Mol will ever be.
Posted by: celticwolf on August 30, 2004 12:16 PMFirst off, if you'll just look at the snapshots on this page, and ignore the hair, which is completely irrelevant because of course Bettie Page's hair is utter simplicity itself to imitate, you'll see that Mol's nose and mouth look a LOT more like Page's than Tyler's nose and mouth.
Second, I don't know how familiar you are with Gretchen Mol, but she actually has a body that is competitive with Page's body, and that's saying a lot. Mol has one of the very best bods in Hollywood, and Tyler is a nice-looking woman but simply can't compete in that category.
Gretchen Mol is also a very fine actress. I haven't seen enough of Tyler's work to be able to compare, but overall I think this is a stroke of casting brilliance and I really . . . can't . . . wait!
Posted by: Trickster on September 28, 2004 03:00 PMI think they both shouldnt play the role of Bettie, cause if Liv did, i wouldnt see bettie, i'd see liv, same goes for gretchen. I dont know why that person said it should go to dita, it has nothing to do with the way these girls look, must i say that bettie was not a porn star, and shes the queen of fetish, not dita, dita did not make bettie infamous, bettie made her. It should just totally go to someone who you look at and hear, that makes you think of Ms. Page. Then thats the woman for the role.
Posted by: BMetal on February 18, 2005 12:21 AMTyler is perfectly suited to the part in my opinion. I can only really second what the others have said though. Although I can add that if you look at Mols filmography and then compare with Tyler's you can see that she really doesn't compare to Tyler in terms of the quality of fils she's been in.
Posted by: Tan on June 16, 2005 03:10 AMWell now Liv's had baby Milo, she wouldn't be going for it anyway; would she?
Posted by: Queen Machine on June 28, 2005 06:26 AMMakes you wonder what hollywood is thinking, huh? Liv is clearly the person for the job, but they're looking at Mol? I loved 'Tank Girl', and was all excited they decided to make a movie of it, and initially they picked some new kid actress to play her who looked dead-on. Then the movie comes out with obnoxious and not-very-tank-girly Lori Petty. Well, I guess we all know it's not about quality anymore.
Posted by: Will Von Wizzlepig on July 15, 2005 09:52 AM
