Over the years Joan has been attached to many film projects, many of which never get past the option stages. As Joan herself has said, "Unless I am standing in front of the cameras, then I know it's for definite!"- or words to that effect! Following the success of "The Stud", Joan was set to star in a film version of the late novelist Pat Booth's best seller "The Lady & The Champ". Booth who was a friend of Joan's and who died in 2009 also wrote the best seller's "Palm Beach", "Malibu" "Beverly Hills" and "The Sisters", which was said to based on Joan & Jackie! Her first novel "The Lady & The Champ", was maybe based on her own life as her father was a boxer and she dated British boxer John Conteh , who also made a cameo appearance in "The Stud". Ironically when she died she was a Lady herself after marrying Sir Frank Lowe in 2008. Joan was to star in the film with euro star Sylvia Kristel famous for the "Emmanuelle" series. The film had got to the pre-production stages and the photo shown, features Joan with a model posing as the boxer. Apart from a few photo's and a press launch the film fell through, maybe due to funding. Looking at the photo, it could easily have come from "The Stud". Whether the film would have been such a success as that film we will never know. But it is nice to see the photo anyway!!
Over the years Joan has been attached to many film projects, many of which never get past the option stages. As Joan herself has said, "Unless I am standing in front of the cameras, then I know it's for definite!"- or words to that effect! Following the success of "The Stud", Joan was set to star in a film version of the late novelist Pat Booth's best seller "The Lady & The Champ". Booth who was a friend of Joan's and who died in 2009 also wrote the best seller's "Palm Beach", "Malibu" "Beverly Hills" and "The Sisters", which was said to based on Joan & Jackie! Her first novel "The Lady & The Champ", was maybe based on her own life as her father was a boxer and she dated British boxer John Conteh , who also made a cameo appearance in "The Stud". Ironically when she died she was a Lady herself after marrying Sir Frank Lowe in 2008. Joan was to star in the film with euro star Sylvia Kristel famous for the "Emmanuelle" series. The film had got to the pre-production stages and the photo shown, features Joan with a model posing as the boxer. Apart from a few photo's and a press launch the film fell through, maybe due to funding. Looking at the photo, it could easily have come from "The Stud". Whether the film would have been such a success as that film we will never know. But it is nice to see the photo anyway!!
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.