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Travolta, Lopez offered roles for film version of 'Dallas'
2006-03-14
John Travolta and Jennifer Lopez have reportedly been offered starring roles in a big screen adaptation of the 1980's television series "Dallas." Travolta, star of "Pulp Fiction" and "Get Shorty," has been asked to play the show's villain, J.R. Ewing, while Lopez has been offered the part of Ewing's wife, Sue Ellen, in a production being planned by 20th Century Fox, Variety said. Luke Wilson has been proposed to portray Bobby Ewing, and Shirley MacLaine for the role of the family matriarch, Eleanor Ewing. With production due to begin at the end of the year, Australian Robert Luketic, who directed Lopez in "Monster-in-Law" and Reese Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde," has been named as the director. Airing on US television from 1978 to 1991, the "Dallas" prime time soap opera series about love and betrayal among Texan oil magnates was exported around the world. The role of JR, the cowboy-hat wearing tycoon without scruples, was played by Larry Hagman. His brother, Bobby, was played by Patrick Duffy and the volatile Sue Ellen was portrayed by Linda Gray while Victoria Principal played Pamela, Sue Ellen's beautiful sister. Acclaimed stage and screen actress Barbara Bel Geddes created the role of Eleanor Ewing. She died in August 2005 at the age of 82.
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