Indian director hopes to cast Paris Hilton as Mother Teresa (Really... not a joke!)

Yahoo News ^ | 4/5/6 | Mikey_1962

[Mikey_1962]

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (AFP) - An Indian movie director said he hopes to persuade Paris Hilton to play the role of Nobel laureate and prospective Catholic Saint, Mother Teresa, in an upcoming film.

"Her features resemble Mother Teresa," director T. Rajeevnath told AFP from the southwestern coastal state of Kerala.

The filmmaker said Hilton is on his shortlist after a computer-generated image showed a close facial match between the hotel heiress and the Albanian-born nun.

Mother Teresa, who died in 1997, worked among the poor in the teeming slums of Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, with the Missionaries of Charity. She was beatified by Pope John Paul in 2003, a significant step on the road to sainthood in the Catholic church.

"A meeting with Paris Hilton is scheduled for the end of April," Rajeevnath said.

The 54-year-old director is well-known in India for his Malayalam-language films, including "Janani" (Mother) -- the story of seven nuns who care for an abandoned baby, which won a national award.

Hilton's prior movie experience includes appearing in a home-made sex video made by a former boyfriend that appeared on the Internet, and parts in several Hollywood B-films.

The blond socialite, who is often the focus of US celebrity gossip columns, also starred in the US reality television show "The Simple Life".

[Antoninus]

Actually, a role like this might make a huge difference in Paris's life. I hope she gets it.

[Brilliant]

Well, they are both of European ancestry, and they are both female. So they have a lot in common.

[Borges]

[Nevadan]

What a joke! It reminds me of a hilarious skit Catherine O'Hara did on the comedy show, SCTV. She played the character of "Lola Hetherton", a ditsy, self-important, "blond bombshell" entertainer who goes to India to interview Mother Teresa. Lola dresses up in Indian clothing (along with a fully plastered make-up job and coiffed platinum blond hairdo)and tries to act as if she is altruistic like Mother Teresa. Her questions to Teresa show that she is clueless. From what I have seen and read about Paris Hilton, I have no doubt that she is just as clueless!

[reagan_fanatic]

"No no, Ms. Hilton - when we said to get on your knees, we meant to pray!!"

[Element187]

if hollywood wants to do the movie, its their choice ... if you don't agree with it.. dont watch it... once again this is America.

[Malesherbes]

Yes, but the earlier post lacked pictures - which are worth a thousand words.

[DustyMoment]

Yeah . . . . I see the resemblance . . . . er, they both have the same birthday, don't they?

[DustyMoment]

I think this has been posted here at least 12 times over the last month.

And, your point is!!?? The picture of Paris, even if she is dumb as a bucket of hair, is worth it!!

[Vaquero]

how about Madonna as the blessed Madonna?

makes about as much sense.

[N. Theknow]

I think I'll wait for the Lester Maddox
Story starring Jesse Jackson.

[Sender]

Lightning may strike the set on a clear day...

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Ping!

[Burkean]

Here's an early picture of Mother Teresa:

http://www.ewtn.com/motherteresa/young.jpg

I do think she and Hilton have similarly promiment noses.

[Slings and Arrows]

Someone's mixing up "saint" and "skank."