Glow star Betty Gilpin is in discussions to play model, actress and TV personality Anna Nicole Smith in movie Hurricana, we can reveal.Oscar winner Holly Hunter (Succession) is also in talks for the project, which Sierra/Affinity is launching for the virtual EFM.The movie will chart how in an attempt to save Smith’s (Gilpin) life, her devoted therapist, Khristine (Hunter), embarks on a 36-hour odyssey in which she unknowingly delivers the fatal blow.
Producers describe the project as exploring the “immense hurricane-like force that was Anna Nicole Smith, and the fateful string of events that led Anna to destroy everything in her path, including herself and those closest to her.”Smith first gained popularity in Playboy magazine and went on to model for Guess, H&M, Heatherette among others.
In 1994, her highly publicized second marriage to 89-year-old billionaire J. Howard Marshall resulted in speculation that she married him for his money, which she denies.
Following Marshall’s death in 1995, Smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate. Her film and TV credits included Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult and The Anna Nicole Smith Show.
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