Do Mariah Carey and movies belong together? Apparently, producer Lee Daniels (Monster’s Ball) thinks so, as he’s cast the pop star in the indie drama Tennessee, in which she’ll play a waitress who tries to locate her long-lost father after her brother is diagnosed with leukemia. Daniels told Variety that he’d never seen Carey’s 2001 debacle Glitter (well, duh!), but that her recent musical comeback and her work in 2002′s Wisegirls convinced him she was right for the part.
(I would weigh in with an opinion, but my therapist has advised me not to — Glitter flashbacks and all. You understand, right?)
So I leave it you, PopWatchers? What do you think? Does Carey deserve a second chance at movie stardom, or is this an ill-advised decision that’ll put her resurgent singing career at risk?
Everybody deserves a second chance. On the other hand, with so many talented, beautiful, underemployed actresses out there, I can’t imagine ignoring the pros in favor of a pop singer. Personally, I’d like to see Nia Long in a movie a little more frequently than every three years.
SHE IS THE GREATEST SINGER IN THIS MOMENT,BUT THAT DOESN’T MAEN ,THAT IT’S ALL SHE CAN DO,SHE CAN BE BETTER THAN THAT.SHE DESEVES A SECOND CHANCE.WHAT WOULD OU SAY ABOUT IT? ISN’T THAT RIGHT YOU GUYS.
Hell NO!! Mariah Carey’s “comeback” is attributed to crafty producers and a great PR campaign. She can’t even act… all her videos over the years have all been the same she is incapable of conveying anything but a blank Vapid look. I turn off the TV/Radio whe she comes on why would I waste 10 bucks to see her on the big screen.
Give her a shot at a small part to begin with, but NOT a starring role. It’s true, there are many many talented actresses around who do not get enough good work, and it doesn’t seem fair that someone will get this possibly plum role because of fame achieved in another area of entertainment. Sometimes it works out: Mos Def and Ludacris are good examples, but usually its a disaster: Madonna, DMX, Shaq, Madonna….
Glitter opened during the week of 9/11. It could have done better, couldn’t have gone much worse. I think she deserves a second chance.
hiring popstars to act means more work for the editor and director. what the director can’t get her to fake the editor has to clean up.
but it means big bucks in the box office for an indie film, not usually box office hits. it also means that regular listeners of mariah are probably not to frequent indie films, but they will to see her and they just might get turned on to films that touch their soul in a way that medea and her antics just cant do.
No stick to singing only.
All these singers….Mariah, Madonna, J-Lo..they all want to act, but its too hard to forget about their pop persona when I see them in a role. Because they are SO big in the pop world, I can’t buy into them in ANY role.
A waitress??? A waitress??? Will she allow her roots to show? To allow herself to look less gussied up? If she is serious about embarking on a career in movies, she should start small and do non-starring roles in movies and not jump out of nowhere to a starring role. Mariah, Mariah, Mariah. I think you sorround yourself with spineless, yes people who don’t have the guts or the wisdom to tell you like it is. Yes, I am talking to you too Tom.
She did a decent job in Wisegirls. I think lesser actresses have been very successful in movies with a good director and a good script.
NO! She does NOT deserve a second chance at anything. she already got one for her music and we are already suffering!! She really can’t act, unless it’s an unintentional comedy!
I’m Pysched to read Mariah is going to give it a try again. I actually saw wisegirls and was pleasantly surprised by her performance..She was good. she does deserve a second chance. if J.Lo and For God’s sake Madonna can count themselves as actress’, then Mariah should be fine
Oh Please, no. Stick to singing Mariah
I for one, wish she would stop making music videos.
J.Lo isn’t a singer who wants to be an actress, she’s was first a wannabe actress and dancer… singing, unfortunately, came later…
What a ridiculous question. Why is it a question of her getting a “second chance”? She made one bad movie (OK, a REALLY bad movie), and because of that, she should never be in another one? I guess if that were the case, then Johnny Depp shouldn’t have done anything after “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, or Tom Cruise after “Losin It”, or Jack Nicholson after “Little Shop of Horrors”.
If she makes a good movie that people go see, good for her. If not, too bad. But if she wants to be in another film and someone wants to hire her, it’s not a question of what she deserves.
They keep giving Madonna chances to act… Why not let Mariah give it another try.