Indian director hopes to cast Paris Hilton as Mother Teresa (Really... not a joke!)

Yahoo News ^ | 4/5/6 | Mikey_1962

[Mikey_1962]

This make casting Edward G. Robinson as the slave driver in The Ten Commandments look like a reasonable choice.

[mnehring]

Well, she is as skinny as Mother Teresa.. that's about it..

[Bluegrass Conservative]

"Her features resemble Mother Teresa," director T. Rajeevnath told AFP . . .

Oh yeah. I mean, come on, can't you see the similarities??

[ahayes]

Hilton's prior movie experience includes appearing in a home-made sex video made by a former boyfriend that appeared on the Internet, and parts in several Hollywood B-films.

I can't believe they said that!

[TexasRedeye]

Posted here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1609440/posts

five hours ago.

[linda_22003]

And has a better skin-care regimen.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

I see a lot of "missionary" jokes coming.

[highlander_UW]

I'm sure mother Theresa would be thrilled at the choice of a talentless socialite best known for her personal porno circulating on the Internet to play her.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

I can see her walking around the ghettos in designer dresses and high-heels with her little dog and performing "whore-offs" to help feed the poor.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I think this has been posted here at least 12 times over the last month.

[Yo-Yo]

Oh! Calcutta!

[CarrotAndStick]

The 54-year-old director is well-known in India for his Malayalam-language films, including "Janani" (Mother) -- the story of seven nuns who care for an abandoned baby, which won a national award.

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=179496

Janani

1998-India

PLOT DESCRIPTION

Janani is a melodrama in Malayalam, the language spoken in the State of Kerala in India. A baby boy is abandoned on the steps of a remote chapel on Christmas Eve and discovered by the nuns who inhabit the old-age home nearby. The presence of a young life brings new energy to the nuns, but they are hardly equipped or experienced to take care of an infant. All turns out well when a wealthy but childless couple from the U.S. arrives with the intention of adopting the baby. The script is rather contrived but the cinematography of Suresh P. Nair is noteworthy in bringing out the tranquility of the lush vegetation of the mountainous regions of Southern India. The film was screened at the 4th International Film Festival of Kerala, 1999.

[KittyKares]

Then he should cast Barbara Streisand to portray Laura Bush.

[KarlInOhio]

Imagine the first time Paris has to touch and Untouchable. "Icky! Can I have a stunt double for this?"

[A.A. Cunningham]

Miss Drescher, brush up on the four hour rule.

[BooksForTheRight.com]

The pig is the total complete opposite of Mother Theresa.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

"A meeting with Paris Hilton is scheduled for the end of April," Rajeevnath said.

And that's what this is all about, of course. A chance for this guy to meet professional celebrity Paris Hilton.

[dmz]

Paris does Calcutta!

[dead]

"A meeting with Paris Hilton is scheduled for the end of April," Rajeevnath said.

No, it isn't.

The director is a smart guy who knew he could generate instantaneous "buzz" about his project by making the absurd suggestion that Paris Hilton would get the role.

It's worked wonderfully.

[Oztrich Boy]

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