"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Oh, you know your career has hit its summit when you're offered AND you accept a Lifetime movie. Ouch!
An HBO movie is one thing. HBO movies are industry acclaimed and A ranking actors appear in them. Then there's Lifetime. Even Lifetime series reference Lifetime movies as sappy jokes.
Idina needs to find better representation. To be merely offered a Lifetime movie is a career slap-in-the-face.
While a Lifetime movie isn't considered a career highlight, Idina has yet to prove herself as a capable dramatic actress (and I'm a fan). She's not going to be offered a starring role in an HBO movie or big budget Hollywood flick. I would think she would need to do more supporting roles, or small independent films first, and frankly, I'm surprised she hasn't. I haven't heard officially that her TV pilot wasn't picked up, but if it wasn't, I suspect, beyond the lame premise, that the powers that be didn't think she could carry a show.
Lifetime isn't the joke it used to be. Their original content is on the upswing, especially Unreal, and are going through a major rebranding. I'd hardly consider it a slap in the face.
BroadwayNYC2 said: "Lifetime isn't the joke it used to be. Their original content is on the upswing, especially Unreal, and are going through a major rebranding. I'd hardly consider it a slap in the face.
I have rarely seen the success of an animated movie tied as closely to one of the voice actors as Idina was to Frozen. I am surprised if her film/tv bankability didn't surge from that gig.
BrodyFosse123 said: "Oh, you know your career has hit its summit when you're offered AND you accept a Lifetime movie. Ouch!
An HBO movie is one thing. HBO movies are industry acclaimed and A ranking actors appear in them. Then there's Lifetime. Even Lifetime series reference Lifetime movies as sappy jokes.
Idina needs to find better representation. To be merely offered a Lifetime movie is a career slap-in-the-face."
Tell that to Alfre Woodard, who was nominated for an Emmy for their Steel Magnolias remake (or to Queen Latifah, who was in that same remake and then did an HBO film the next year). Tell that to Cicely Tyson and Vanessa Williams, who did The Trip to Bountiful for the network. Tell that to Kristen Wiig, or Joan Allen, or Shirley MacLaine, or Susan Sarandon, or any other host of actresses who have done Lifetime movies over the years and seen considerable success and/or acclaim for them. Just because Lifetime makes some silly movies doesn't mean they're all total crap. They tend to do at least one "prestige" film per year.