Tipping The Velvet (Sofia Coppola; 2007)

[criterionmaster]

Beyonce & Longoria As Lesbian Lovers
from Dark Horizons



Beyonce Knowles and "Desperate Housewives" starlet Eva Longoria recently revealed they will soon be playing lesbian lovers in a new version of Victorian drama "Tipping The Velvet".

Director Sofia Coppola ("Lost in Translation", "Marie Antoinette") aims to bring Sarah Water's novel about sexual repression to the big screen and is anxious for Beyonce and Eva to take the roles of 1890s music hall star Kitty Butler, and her lesbian lover Nan Astley.

Longoria, 31, said, "Yes it's true. We are talking about doing the movie together. It's such a wonderful novel, a beautiful love story." Beyonce said at a recent benefit in New York that "We've had 'Brokeback Mountain' so the time is right for this divine novel to get the same treatment."

The love scenes hold no hesitation for them, a source revealing to All Headline News that "They weren't at all coy about the sex scenes. In fact they both seemed to think it would be more fun than doing the same work with a man. It's going to be very hot".

If the name sounds familiar, then you might be recalling the previous adaptation of the work - an acclaimed 2002 BBC mini-series directed by Geoffrey Sax ("White Noise", "Stormbreaker") and adapted by scribe Andrew Davies ("Bridget Jones's Diary", TV's "Pride and Prejudice" and "Bleak House").

[dontdigonswine]

Dear lord in heaven.

Just... whoa.

[criterionmaster]

Yeah, my reaction exactly. I don't like that Sofia is doing the film though, with the mention of Brokeback in there all I can think about now is Oscar (!). And I liked when Sofia went with more personal work, who knows maybe this will still be personal. Don't really care for either woman that much either, nor do I think they are that good at acting.

[ie]

I predict that there will be more discussion concerning the movie adaption of Tipping The Velvet than about Sofia Coppola, so I suggest renaming and moving this thread to a more appropriate section and creating a new Sofia Coppola thread that's actually about the director.

As for this new sexy development, how to put this... I don't see them going less than all the way. Just look at the title: "Tipping the Velvet" was a Victorian euphemism for cunnilingus.

[mixed]

I think its quite an exciting prospect