Madonna Time Tunnel: What's Happening With Madonna's Acting Career?

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Time Tunnel: What's Happening With Acting Career?

Shangai Surprise: "a truly miserable experience."

As well as her new film Who's That Girl she:

· Acted in a play at the Lincoln Center last August called Goose And Tomtom.

· Has formed her own "film development company" called Siren films which is looking into adpating two French melodramas (one is called Cleo From 5 To 7 by someone called Agnes Varda) into films for her to star in. Both are apparently about "women who act oh the courage of their affections in a morally inscrutable world".

· Was supposed to star in Blind Date and refused to co-star with Bruce Willis: "I was supposed to have approval of the leading man and they didn't tell me they'd already hired Bruce Willis. That, . . just didn't work out."

. Is still fed up about Shanghai Surprise. "It was as different as I could get from Desperately Seeking Susan and a truly miserable experience." She now reckons trying to be a prim'n'proper missionary may have been a mistake. ..."It's deadly when you second-guess public opinion. Your best bet is to stay true to yourself."

· She's turned down the film version of Evita. "I had several meetings and read tons of literature on it but they insisted on doing an operetta kind of thing and the only way that doing Evita would interest me is as a drama so it didn't work."

· She turned down another film Siesta, by someone called Mary Lambert because it involved her romping around with no clothes on. "I loved the script but I couldn't deal with all the nudity. I'm at a stage in my career when any kind of nudity would be an incredible distraction."

· She refuses to make violent films. "I think it's really difficult for Americans to express passion and desire in movies. Something bad always has to happen - violence, or the relationship doesn't last. I'm attracted to roles where women are strong and aren't victimised. Everything I do has to be some kind of celebration of life."

· She's also mentioned another film she's "developing", featuring "a mother who does everything for the sake of her child."

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