And now, from the "World's Stupidest Casting" department and Yahoo! News...

Sudiegirl sez: OK…I’m almost willing to accept Tom Hanks as the leading man in “The DaVinci Code”. But THIS casting “coup” (or should it be “coupcoup” – pronounced “cuckoo”?) has me totally stunned. This will be a movie I definitely skip. I hope the rest of the clear-thinking world follows suit. Here we go, dah-lings…

Hilton Considered for Mother Theresa Role

Tuesday April 4 11:41 AM ET
By FilmStew Staff Report, FilmStew.com

Reports indicate that Indian director T. Rajeevnath will be recruiting Paris Hilton to play the starring role in a Mother Theresa biopic. (I can see the Four Horsement of the Apocalypse riding over the horizon…can you? The plague of locusts is scheduled for Thursday.)

This is just taking the idea of stunt-casting to a whole new level. (And it’s not going in an upward motion, in my opinion.) British web site Life Style Extra is reporting that Indian director T. Rajeevnath will be taking a trip across the world to try to convince socialite-turned-actress Paris Hilton to star in his feature biopic of the late humanitarian Mother Theresa. (Yeah…time well spent…NOT!)

Rajeevnath's people have reportedly been in contact with Hilton's camp (I’m sorry…when I hear that phrase, I think of some camp on a lake where the attendees listen to scary ghost stories and make lanyards.) to set up a meeting when Rajeevnath arrives in the States. According to Life Style Extra, Rajeevnath will be bringing along various photos of Hilton that have been altered to make her appear more like Mother Theresa, who died back in 1997. (I wonder how much alteration there was? I see absolutely no possibility of resemblance there.)

"The pictures will be my strength when I speak to Paris," Rajeevnath told the web site. "She has expressed delight that I have short-listed her to play the role. This will make our meeting easier." (That, and the wheelbarrows full of cash that she can roll around in probably don’t hurt much either.)

Rajeevnath hopes to begin shooting his Mother Theresa film early next year with a budget of about $11 million. Hilton has been seen in several movie roles over the last few years, including gigs in The Cat in the Hat and the horror film House of Wax, which won her this year's Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress. She's better known, however, for her work on the Fox reality show The Simple Life and for 1 Night in Paris, the sex video she made with former lover Rick Salomon. She is now working on the comedy Pledge This! for helmer William Heins. (OK…question…what’s a “helmer”? Why can’t they say “director”? In addition, Rajeevnath obviously has not heard of the “Razzie” awards…not that they necessarily mean much, but it just seems that Paris Hilton should be named their official spokesperson and the gold standard for who should receive those awards every year.)

Sudiegirl’s final opinion?

OK…what does the Catholic Church have to say about this? I figure they might have a cow if this pipe dream actually comes a stone-cold reality. They’d have a good reason as well. Mother Teresa was a woman of infinite goodness and was not afraid to go into the darkest parts of various Indian cities. Paris Hilton doesn’t even go to Safeway by herself. I don’t think Paris has the acting chops to handle the part, and she really shouldn’t.

However, one good thing if she’s cast…the nun’s habit will cover all her piercings.
I guess you really have to dig for the bright side sometimes, you know?

Sudiegirl,
Ever the optimist…