Couldn't happen to a nice atheist.
Hey, I am surprised they even hired her....
Posted on 04/01/2015 11:32:48 AM PDT by drewh
Turkish officials have rejected a bid to make American actress Julianne Moore the face of the country’s tourism, citing her “poor acting.”
Moore took home the Best Actress Oscar last month for her performance in Still Alice, but reportedly failed to stun Turkish audiences.
She recently participated in a promotional film for tourism in the country, but according to Hürriyet Daily News, the Culture and Tourism Ministry disapproved of her performance in the spot and demanded a reshoot.
Moore reportedly declined the ministry’s request, which led to the cancellation of the project, altogether. Sources told the Hürriyet the ministry ultimately rejected the film because of Moore’s “poor acting.”
The film, titled Home Of, was shot in Los Angeles last year and featured Moore traveling around Turkey where she revisited her childhood journeys. It was scheduled to air in Turkey in February 2014.
Prominent figures, including advertisers and politicians, originally criticized the ministry’s choice to cast Moore, saying she had a “depressive persona.”
Furthermore, ministry sources claim there was nothing unique about the project and that more than 30 similar films with other actors had already been made.
Emre Yücel, owner of the agency partnership Iconisis & I Mean It, told the Hürriyet last year he believed Moore to be the right fit, as she would appeal to both American and British people, as well as women, middle-aged people and wealthy tourists, all of which are Turkey’s target demographic.
“I can’t understand why she is not liked here,” he said. According to Yücel, the cancellation of the film cost $1.5 million of the project’s $4 million budget
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Indeed. :-)
Couldn't happen to a nice atheist.
Hey, I am surprised they even hired her....
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it’s Istanbul not Constantinople
Been a long time gone
Old Constantinople’s still has Turkish delight
On a moonlight night
Evr’y gal in Constantinople
Is a Miss-stanbul, not Constantinople
So if you’ve date in Constantinople
She’ll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it, I can’t say
(People just liked it better that way)
Take me back to Constantinople
No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks’
< instrumental interlude> Istanbul!!
< instrumental interlude> Istanbul!!
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it, I can’t say
(People just liked it better that way)
Take me back to Constantinople
No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks’
‘stanbul!!
I don’t think Julianne Moore was in Zero Dark Thirty.
Who would promote tourism to a Muslim country?
The one that got blowed up...not the star.
Nope...not even her.
You mean when the truck drove up? I didn’t realize that was her....
Googling, I don’t think it was. Big Lebowski is the only thing that comes to mind that I like her in.
LOL. coincidentally. Wife and I want to go to istanbul and Greece later this year.
Best wishes!
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