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Anne Hathaway says she's insane to be playing Judy Garland.


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London, Jun 10 (ANI): American actress Anne Hathaway Noun 1. Anne Hathaway - wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623)
Hathaway
 has revealed that she must have been insane to agree to play the role of iconic i·con·ic  
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or having the character of an icon.

2. Having a conventional formulaic style. Used of certain memorial statues and busts.
 singer Judy Garland, as she is not sure she has the talent to do the part justice.

Hathaway, 26, is terrified ter·ri·fy  
tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies
1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten.

2. To menace or threaten; intimidate.
 about playing the role of the late star in a big screen adaptation of biographer Gerald Clarke's 2001 book 'Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland'.

"I think I'm either naive or insane to play her - maybe a little bit of both!" the Daily Star quoted her as telling the New York Daily News New York Daily News

Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S.
.

But at least Hathaway has the backing of another musical veteran, Garland's daughter Liza Minnelli.

"I haven't had a chance to talk to her about it yet, but I understand that as long as I treat Judy with respect - which of course I will - Liza is very happy about it," she added. (ANI)

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