Before Madonna played Evita in the 1996 movie, Patti LuPone originated the role on Broadway in 1979. Yesterday, while the legendary actress was on Watch What Happens Live someone called in and asked her if Madge and her ever had a conversation about playing the same iconic role.
Lupone said that the two of them spoke only once and all the singer said to her was, “I’m taller than you.” Then Andy Cohen asked his guest what she thought of the taller actress in Evita. This is where it gets good, oh so very good. LuPone told him, “I was on the treadmill, you know when MTV had videos, right, and I saw I believe it was Bueno Aires and I thought it was a piece of sh!t.” Then she continued on, “Madonna is a movie killer. She is dead behind the eyes, she cannot act her way out of a paper bag, She should not be in film or on stage.” Don’t cry for Madonna because it is true. Did you see Swept Away? That is one of the worst movies ever made, like Top 5 worst movies ever made.
LuPone wasn’t all negative about her because she also said, “She is a wonderful performer for what she does, but she is not an actress. Bang!” Madonna definitely felt that bang, we felt that bang.
Ob la di, ob la da life goes on, and it goes on so much better thanks to LuPone’s brutal and accurate honesty. Can anyone deny that what she said isn’t the truth?
