{"id":1155,"date":"2025-03-12T14:44:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:21:22","slug":"eerily-perfect-hollywood-a-lister-eyed-to-play-tragic-00s-bombshell-anna-nicole-smith-in-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/eerily-perfect-hollywood-a-lister-eyed-to-play-tragic-00s-bombshell-anna-nicole-smith-in-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Eerily perfect Hollywood A-lister \u2018eyed to play tragic 00s bombshell Anna Nicole Smith\u2019 in biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hollywood powerhouse Margot Robbie is being zeroed in on to play Anna Nicole Smith (Picture: Jamie McCarthy\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Margot Robbie<\/a> is the top pick to play tragic 00s bombshell Anna Nicole Smith<\/a> in a film about her life – and we see the resemblance.<\/p>\n

The biopic is being put together by two of the model and actress’s real-life friends, fashion<\/a> designer Pol’ Atteu and TV producer Patrik Simpson.<\/p>\n

They have written the script and now declared that the blockbuster Barbie star and producer<\/a>, 34, is their number one choice for the starring role.<\/p>\n

\u2018We are eyeing Margot and I think she is our Anna Nicole. After we saw the Barbie movie, Margot was at the screening and I said: \u201cThat\u2019s our Anna.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018The way she embodied Barbie, and Pol used to always tease that Anna was the living Barbie. So who better to play her than Margot?\u2019 Patrik told The Sun newspaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pol added: \u2018I can tell you when we met her, we felt something electric and it was such a beautiful moment.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The Barbie star convinced the films writers – also friends of Smith’s – with her performance in the smash-hit movie as Smith was ‘the living Barbie’ (Picture: Stuart C. Wilson\/Getty Images for Warner Bros.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patrik went on to share that the pair plan to lift the lid on some of Anna’s \u2018secrets\u2019 in the new film, saying: \u2018Anna was our best friend. Best friends have secrets, and we promised Anna we would reveal those secrets.\u2019<\/p>\n

It was unclear from their comments if the filmmakers had formally approached Oscar-nominee Robbie yet, who also has Emerald Fennell\u2019s adaptation of Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s Wuthering Heights coming up, where she will play Cathy opposite Jacob Elordi\u2019s Heathcliff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Metro<\/strong> understands that there is no truth to the casting, so it sounds like Atteu and Simpson were just sharing their hopes for the project.<\/p>\n

As per The Sun though, the duo – who also host podcast Undressed With Pol And Patrik – ‘are directly negotiating with studios and agents’ having already completed the script.<\/p>\n

Smith shot to fame as a model, famously working for Playboy, before later turning to acting<\/a> and appearing in the likes of Ally McBeal, Veronica\u2019s Closet and Coen brothers\u2019 film The Hudsucker Proxy, as well as her own reality sitcom The Anna Nicole Show.<\/p>\n

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Smith’s tumultuous life included modelling for Playboy and marrying a billionaire over 60 years older than she was (Picture: Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She also appeared in music videos for Bryan Ferry, Kanye West and Supertramp.<\/p>\n

Her personal life was marred by controversy<\/a> after she married 89-year-old oil baron J. Howard Marshall in 1994 when she was 26.<\/p>\n

The couple had first met when Smith was working at a strip club in Texas in 1991.<\/p>\n

Following his death in 1995 aged 90, just over a year after they tied the knot, she became embroiled in a messy dispute with his family over his estate after accusations she had married him for his money \u2013 which she denied.<\/p>\n

She also struggled with prescription drug addiction, dying of an accidental overdose in 2007 at the age of 39.<\/p>\n

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The actress – who appeared in films including Naked Gun 33 1\/3 – The Final Insult (pictured) – died aged 39 (Picture: Paramount\/Kobal\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This came just months after her son Daniel, whom she shared with first husband and teenage sweetheart Bill Wayne Smith, also died following a drug overdose aged just 20.<\/p>\n

The new biopic is believed to be the latest in a long line of movies about the star\u2019s tumultuous life<\/a> which are believed to be in production.<\/p>\n

Blade Runner 2049 actress Sylvia Hoeks is playing the actress in Hurricanna alongside Holly Hunter and Mark Duplass, while Abbie Cornish will portray her in Trust Me, I’m a Doctor which focuses on Smith’s physician Dr. Sandeep Kapoor \u2013 played by Kal Penn \u2013 in the aftermath of her death.<\/p>\n

Agnes Bruckner also previously played Anna Nicole on screen in Lifetime biopic The Anna Nicole Story, which was released in 2013.<\/p>\n

Smith was also mother to a daughter, Dannielynn, 18<\/a>, whose paternity was contested and hit the headlines in the aftermath of her mother\u2019s death, five months after her birth.<\/p>\n

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Her personal life and media profile have also led to other films currently in development about Smith (Picture: Stewart Volland\/E! TV\/Kobal\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While attorney Howard K. Stern was initially listed as her father on her Bahamian birth certificate, DNA tests later confirmed entertainment photographer Larry Birkhead was the biological father.<\/p>\n

Birkhead previously revealed the teenager is interested in following in her mother’s footsteps by embarking on a career in showbusiness.<\/p>\n

\u2018If she does anything, it will be on her terms. She’s determined to be her own person,\u2019 Birkhead told In Touch Weekly magazine in 2021.<\/p>\n

He went on to add that Dannielynn is aware of her late mother’s career and legacy and is proud of what she achieved as a model and actress.<\/p>\n

Birkhead added: \u2018We went into the Guess store the other day, and Dannielynn saw a big poster of Anna and said, \u201cOh boy, she nailed that shot.\u201d She understands her mum was a model, and she appreciates that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Metro has contacted Margot Robbie, Patrik Simpson and Pol’ Atteu’s reps for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n

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