The Sunday Telegraph London, July 10th, 2005
GLENN CLOSE and Ewan McGregor are to star in a pounds 33 million film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard.
Close, 58, who won a Tony Award for her portrayal of Norma Desmond in the Broadway version of the show, has told Lloyd Webber that she will reprise the role for the big screen.
Austin Shaw, who is co-producing the film, said: "Andrew would love Glenn to do the role and she has been approached. The pair spoke about it privately at this year's Golden Globes ceremony and she said she would be happy to take it on again. We are making the film with Paramount and it s...
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