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‘Suddenly Seeking Susan’ Director Reveals Madonna Was Cast In Film Debut Because Studio Head’s Son Thought She Was ‘Cute’

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Madonna memorably made her film debut in the 1985 comedy “Suddenly Seeking Susan”, and a new interview with the movie’s director suggests that she has the son of the head of the movie’s studio to thank for it.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter‘s “It Happened in Hollywood” podcast, “Suddenly Seeking Susan” director Susan Seidelman reveals the convoluted circumstances that led to Madonna’s casting in the film, in which she starred alongside Rosanna Arquette.

According to Seidelman, execs at Orion Pictures, which produced the film, was looking to give the role of hip NYC club kid Susan to a relatively unknown actor on the rise, with the likes of Kim Cattrall and Melanie Griffith considered.

However, Seidelman kept hearing buzz about Madonna, who was then on the cusp of topping the pop charts with such hits as “Into the Groove” and “Like a Virgin” and have her music videos played in heavy rotation on MTV. READ MORE: Madonna Insists She’s Making Her Biopic Herself To Stop Other People, ‘Mostly Misogynistic Men,’ Doing It “I wasn’t that afraid to work with a musician, a non-trained film actress who really just had an interesting buzz,” Seidelman said, via THR. “She was playing at different clubs.

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