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Will Rose Cost Robert His 'Barbarella'?

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Posted: 2007-10-19 10:30:52

Filed Under: Celebrity Couples, Movie News

How much does Robert Rodriquez love his fiancée Rose McGowan? So much that he might be risking the future of his next big film.

A source tells The New York Observer that Universal has backed out of financing the director's proposed remake of 'Barbarella' because Rodriquez is demanding that McGowan be cast in the title role.

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Rodriguez and McGowan have planned to collaborate on a remake of Jane Fonda's iconic 'Barbarella.' But the project has had trouble finding funding, especially after the lackluster box office of the couple's 'Grindhouse.'

The role was made famous by Jane Fonda in the 1968 original.

"It’s sort of embarrassing for everyone involved,” the source says. "No one thinks Rose can carry the movie, but Robert won’t listen." Jessica Alba, Halle Berry and Nicole Kidman have been rumored to be in the mix for the part as well. McGowan's biggest role to date came as the machine-gun-toting amputee in Rodriguez's 'Planet Terror,' his installment in the double feature 'Grindhouse,' which stalled miserably at the box office earlier this year.

Famed producer Dino De Laurentiis is overseeing the project but won't speak on the casting choice. "He’s technically independent but has a strong connection to Universal," says the source. "He wants to back Robert and his vision. But Robert’s vision is blurred by Rose.”

Rodriguez tells the Observer that Universal is just wary of the overall price tag, which is soaring around $100 million and that his choice to cast McGowan isn't an issue ... that Universal is "blown over" by early screen tests.

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Director Robert Rodriguez and actress Rose McGowan met on the set of 'Planet Terror,' Rodriguez's contribution to the double feature flick, 'Grindhouse.'

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"She looks fantastic in the role," he says. "She was perfect for this part. She just has that daring look, a sort of classic sexiness that is also kind of futuristic.”

It was reported earlier this week that McGowan and Rodriguez were engaged. They met while filming 'Planet Terror' and their relationship, which was secret for some time, was blamed for Rodriguez's 16-year marriage to film producer Elizabeth Avellan fizzling.

2007-10-19 08:31:06

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allynkmac 04:59:23 PM Nov 09 2007

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Rose:"Oh Robert, I'll pull the wrinkles out for you if you leave your wife and family, and oh, by the way, risk everything that you have ever worked for".

Robert: "Rose, thank you for rocking my aging world, I feel 15 years younger just thinking about you. I know I'm making good decisions, because I'm using my "little brain" to make all my decisions."

My words: "That two bit homewrecker should try out for season 2 of Rock of Love, she's just about that calibur of a gal!"

charmedchick69 11:28:10 PM Nov 02 2007

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I AM GLAD FOR ROSE CHE ROCKS I THINK SHE DESERVES IT AND SHE ROCKED IN CHARMED 4 EVER AND LIFE

Hottiecf051 11:51:57 AM Oct 24 2007

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"You can't do everything, but you CAN do something that you want to do and you can do. If not, you-who? If not now-when? " that at "CasualFriends.com/user/HottieCF" , many users said like this. They are express themselves freely, have no strings attached fun and do what they want to do and they can do......

spanishmonalisa 06:54:25 AM Oct 23 2007

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WOW! A broken marriage with 5 kids involved. Robert, remember.....ROSE is no Jane Fonda! Find someone who will bring in extra money for your spousal and child support! Cuz...YOU ARE GOING TO PAY OUT THE WHAZOO! Would'nt it be nice that everytime you unzipped your pants..money would fall out!! In your case..you're getting poorer and poorer! Climb off it,plead a moment of insanity and run home!

Amywu83 11:36:00 PM Oct 21 2007

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I heared this news from a friend on LoveBiker.com. He creat a topic about this on the forum of that site, it is really funny. Maybe you can login and check it, I am sure you will enjoy it.

DytchWytch 08:01:00 PM Oct 21 2007

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great, another homewrecker. whats the matter with these people, that they can't keep their stuff in their pants, or their legs crossed?

DytchWytch 08:01:00 PM Oct 21 2007

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great, another homewrecker. whats the matter with these people, that they can't keep their stuff in their pants, or their legs crossed?

prophetjen 07:50:00 PM Oct 21 2007

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yawn.

tk3587 06:13:14 PM Oct 21 2007

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I remember Rose from the TV series Charmed and she was a horrendous actress then. I don't know if the role wasn't right for her or she really just doesn't know how to act but I would watch and wonder how she ever got that role. I have tro admit that I haven't seen anything else she has done but if her acting is still as bad as it was in Charmed I see this film flopping before it even hits theaters.