Sarah Jessica Parker In 'Lovelace': Actress Replaces Demi Moore As Gloria Steinem

It looks like Us Weekly had the wrong Parker. According to "Lovelace" directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Sarah Jessica Parker -- and not Mary-Louise Parker -- will replace Demi Moore in their new film about porn star Linda Lovelace. She'll play journalist and Ms. magazine co-founder Gloria Steinem.

Moore joined the project on Jan. 2, but was forced to drop out this week after being checked into the hospital for what her representatives called "exhaustion." On Friday, the 9-1-1 call from Moore's house was released, an unsettling ten minutes that revealed -- per Moore's friends on the call -- the actress suffered convulsions after apparently smoking something similar to incense.

Sarah Jessica Parker was last seen onscreen in the omnibus romcom "New Year's Eve." She joins a "Lovelace" cast that already includes Amanda Seyfried as the titular porn star, Peter Sarsgaard as her abusive ex-husband, James Franco (in a cameo as Hugh Hefner) and Adam Brody as Lovelace's "Deep Throat" co-star Harry Reems.

[via EW]

Comments

[karencares]

07:59 AM on 01/29/2012

SJP is actually a better choice for Gloria Steinhem.

[Hampton Roads]

10:48 AM on 01/29/2012

Yeah, Steinem does have a horse-face.

[TWKT]

07:22 AM on 01/29/2012

So they make a movie about someone that was known for only one thing and that won't be shown in the movie.

[AdamKidabra]

02:40 AM on 01/29/2012

Anyone else see the headline and think they were miscasting a film about Ada Lovelace?

[sfsoma]

12:23 AM on 01/29/2012

there are so many better choices.

[fishinwithtom]

10:30 PM on 01/28/2012

Yesterday it was Mary Louise Parker taking the role.... now it's Sarah Jessica Parker. Perhaps we can have a few Parker T Ball Jotters as props, and of course, a game of Monopoly.

[bdazz]

09:01 PM on 01/28/2012

Diane Lane would make a great Gloria.

[Carmen Madonna Campos]

07:25 PM on 01/28/2012

it should have been Catherine Zeta-Jones.

[Christianovich]

07:15 PM on 01/28/2012

ewww....ew....ew....ewwwwwwwwwww. god SJP is sooooooooooo gross.

[Carmen Madonna Campos]

07:24 PM on 01/28/2012

you read my mind!

[GoogleyEyed]

05:38 PM on 01/28/2012

Well, at least--like Steinem--Parker is Jewish. Demi studies the Kabbalah but was not born into Judaism. Just sayin' for accuracy's sake.

[ColoradoCool]

05:12 PM on 01/28/2012

BAD choice! I really can't imagine why they chose the horse-faced SJP to play the lovey Ms. Steinem.
http://www.feminist.com/gloriasteinem/

[GO-BAMA]

04:00 PM on 01/28/2012

I loved her in Seabiscuit.

[DixieMelody]

01:13 AM on 01/29/2012

Too funny!

[sweetpeanpooter]

12:32 PM on 01/28/2012

Sometimes SJP looks really stunning, and then times when I wonder what all the fuss is about. Her hair is beautiful, at times, guess it's a weave.

[freddsky]

12:19 PM on 01/28/2012

Steinem swore that her skyscraping stint as a Bunny increased her shoe size. Years of SITC = no need to cheat the angles? Still, I think that Seyfried should play Steinem. Though SJP probably wouldn't be up to a dye job and intensive nutritioning with Paula Deen--Ms. Lovelace was well-nourished. Remember kids: feeding your Oscar chances is all about wealth, not health.

[omobob]

11:35 AM on 01/28/2012

> Sarah Jessica Parker will play journalist and Ms. magazine co-founder Gloria Steinem.

A very good choice. The idea of a million dollar face lift playing Gloria Steinem seems a tad disingenuous. At least SJP looks closer to the part. well done.

[LiberalLee]

03:45 PM on 01/28/2012

The same thought crossed my mind.
I mean really... Is there anyone LESS appropriate?

[omobob]

04:23 PM on 01/28/2012

> I mean really... Is there anyone LESS appropriat­e?

Well observed and noted. Gloria Seinem is a rapid anti- plastic surgery advocate. The irony of casting Demi Moore was just too obvious or is that oblivious? faved. cheers

[mollynova]

09:02 AM on 01/28/2012

SJP in oversized glasses? uh... I'm having a hard time 'seeing' Ms Steinem in SJP. Who the heck is doing the casting?!

[Sock De Jour]

09:43 AM on 01/28/2012

I don't know, but they should be fired.

[DaMojo]

09:46 AM on 01/28/2012

My question is : "Who will pay to see this movie?"