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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/streisand-to-take-on-gypsy-role.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Barbara Streisand could be set to star in the film remake of Gypsy" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-streisand-to-take-on-gypsy-role.jpg" alt="Barbara Streisand could be set to star in the film remake of Gypsy"/></a></p>
<p>Barbra Streisand is reportedly in talks to play Mama Rose in the film remake of Gypsy.</p>
<p>The Grammy award-winning songstress has already met with the musical&#8217;s creator Arthur Laurents and lyricist Stephen Sondheim to speak about portraying the pushy stage mum.</p>
<p>Arthur told the New York Times that Barbra had been interested in doing Gypsy for many years, &#8220;but now things are serious and a movie is truly in the works &#8211; playing Rose is enough to make her happy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Asked if the 68-year-old star was too old to play Rose, who is a young mother in the first act of the musical, he added: &#8220;First of all, they can do magic in Hollywood. Second, does it really matter?&#8221;</p>
<p>Dick Guttman, Barbra&#8217;s spokesperson, confirmed: &#8220;There have been conversations.&#8221;</p>
<p>It would be the first starring role for Barbra &#8211; who won an Oscar for best actress in 1968 for the film musical Funny Girl &#8211; since 1996&#8217;s The Mirror Has Two Faces, although she has appeared in the Meet The Parents franchise.</p>
<p>Tom Hanks has been suggested for the role of Herbie, Rose&#8217;s love interest and the talent manager of her two daughters. &#8220;Barbra loved the idea,&#8221; Arthur revealed.</p>
<p>Originally a Broadway musical, based on on burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee&#8217;s memoir, Gypsy was turned into a film in 1962 starring Rosalind Russell as Rose. It was also adapted for a TV movie in 1993, with Bette Midler winning a Golden Globe gong for her performance. </p>
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