Have you ever thought about what it would be like if they were making a movie about your life – or am I the only one that falls down a rabbit hole, daydreaming about random stuff like this?!
The Main Character
I was trying to work out which actor would play the main character in a movie about my life, and came up with three possible leading ladies:
- Goldie Hawn (when she was younger) – because she did the blonde ditzy thing so well, and I used to be a bit the same.
- Drew Barrymore – I’m not a huge fan of Drew but there are some similarities – blonde and blue eyed, similar apple shaped bodies, a slight lisp, and our mothers were more of a burden than a blessing.
- Meg Ryan – because back in the day, people often used to say she was my celebrity lookalike.
The Leading Man
Let me begin by saying nobody could hold a candle to my Bear! But if I have to choose, there are a few middle aged heart-throbs vying for the role of leading man:
- Keanu Reeves – because he’s almost as handsome as my Bear, and he also seems like a fairly private person.
- I thought about Scott Baio – they even have a middle name in common: Vincent! But he lost me when he endorsed Trump in the 2016 American elections (ugghhh), so obviously he has no taste.
- Hugh Jackman is a strong possibility – Australian? Tick. Tall dark and handsome? Tick. Devoted to his wife of many years? Tick. Younger than his wife? Tick. All round nice guy? Tick, tick, TICK!
Genre and Storyline
A movie of my whole life might get a bit slow and boring in parts, so perhaps it could focus on a particular event or time in my life. How about:
- Growing up with a psycho mother, as that could make a good horror movie?
- Or maybe it could focus on the years that I launched and ran Footprints magazine – something like that Paper Giants TV mini series, about Ita Buttrose and the launch of Cleo?!
- It could be a tale of resilience and making good – from redundancy to Redland Woman in Business!
- Something like the Gwyneth Paltrow movie Sliding Doors … What if I hadn’t broken off my engagement all those years ago – what would my life have been like, compared to now?
- Or a rom com, about how my Bear and I met and fell in love, and still adore each other over 30 years later (a la The Notebook perhaps?).
The Soundtrack
I think the soundtrack would have to feature a fair bit of 80’s music, with songs like:
- Living on a Prayer – Bon Jovi, as it seems to capture how my Bear and I feel about faith, and sticking together through good times and bad.
- Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – Starship, which was played at our wedding.
- Right Here Waiting for You – Richard Marx – ditto.
- anything by Rick Astley!
As I’m a happy, optimistic person, the soundtrack would also be packed with feel good hits like:
- Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves;
- Mr Blue Sky – ELO;
- On Top of the World – the Carpenters;
- Happy – Pharell Williams.
People often comment on my resilient nature, so I guess I would also have to include Tubthumping by Chumbawumba, the song that goes:
“I get knocked down, but I get up again … You’re never gonna keep me down …”
The Title
Which brings me to the title of this amazing blockbuster! How about:
- The World’s Most Boring Movie;
- The Adventures of an Ordinary Girl;
- The Only Way is Up.
Well, as they say in the movie world, I guess that’s a wrap!
What would the movie about your life be like, and who would you cast in the lead role?!