Judy

In the past year I've been more of a Judy Garland fan than ever. Maybe it's because I'm more grown up now and will actually sit down and read a biography, or maybe it's because I received an awesome gift set of 5 of Judy's movies that I had never seen and watched them all within 3 months. This summer was no different. Of course every June I think of Judy because the month marks both Garland's birth (in 1922) and her death (in 1969), but more importantly I read the so called "best" Judy bio out there called "Get Happy" by Gerald Clarke which came out in 2000 but has recently received fame for another reason:

It has been confirmed that Anne Hathaway will be portraying Judy Garland in the film adaptation of Gerald Clarke's biography.

Although I should probably be happy, I am slightly conflicted about this news for a few reasons.

1) This book is more critical of Judy than any others that have been written, and I don't want it to be sort of "walk the line"-esque in a way that people discover things about her that they would have been happier not knowing, thus dubbing her an addict and swearing off of her because of it. I am a huge Judy fan and the book was hard for me to get through...
2) I'm not really sure if Anne Hathaway is the best pick for the role. There are the obvious reasons like Hathaway is 5'7-5'8 and Judy was barely 5'1, but also Anne Hathaway always ends up glamorous in her roles, whereas Judy never even tried to be glam because she knew she wasn't made for it (not to mention she was told she wasn't good enough for Hollywood her whole life).
3) The company who bought the rights to make the book into a stage production/movie hasn't come out with whether Hathway will be lip-syncing or if she will try to embody Judy's voice on her own - that will be another telling factor for me.

It will definately be something that I pay to go watch, but I won't get my hopes up as of right now. Judy was/is a star in my heart and I hope that Hollywood does the best they can to show the world that very thing.