Remember us telling you the mindcrushing news that Dirty Dancing was about to be remade? Well, Glee’s Lea Michele is strongly rumoured to be lined up for the part of ‘Baby’, as made famous by Jennifer Grey.
She’s a pretty obvious choice when you think about it, what with her being incredibly wholesome, and thereby, able to portray the saccharine blossoming of sexuality with some berk with a haircut.
Of course, Michele is about to leave Glee because half the cast will have to graduate (don’t write off a Fame-esque spin-off yet though) so she’ll have the time to play the awfully named Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman. But who will play Patrick Swayze’s character, Johnny Castle?
Well, Derek Hough – you may remember him as being Cheryl Cole’s rock/lover/potentially gay chum – has been put forward to lift Michele out of some water.
However, Michele does have some stiff competition from limp quarters. Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez are also being linked with the gig. We sincerely hope that it isn’t the latter because you just know her child groom, Justin Bieber, will be in with a shout of lead after he cluttered up the set of CSI Somethingorother.
The movie is set to thrill sexless men and women sometime in 2013, and of course, there’ll be a heap of casting rumours floating around ’til an official announcement is made.
Somewhere in LA, a casting couch is going to be very busy and need repeated dry-cleaning sessions before long.
Blecch.
Dirty bit.
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pete says
before you do anything please halt the remake try adding a young person with down syndrome to play the role of Johnny Castle and another young person with down syndrome play the role of baby housemen just imagine of what the ratings would be like if you have two young people with down syndrome to be in the dirty dancing remake so please whomever had posted the original message you should be more careful on what people you want to be in that dirty dancing remake I’m sorry that’s the way it’s meant to be the dirty dancing remake will be a success and they only include two young people with Down’s syndrome I don’t want to see someone like justin bieber playing the role of Johnny Castle it’s going to be that someone that has down syndrome play the role of dance instructor Johnny Castle and somebody else with down syndrome to play the role of baby Houseman I thank you PS please contact Kenny Ortega and get him to read this thank you sincerely yours Mr Pete Swayze