Jo Anne Vandegriff has also mentioned Amanda Bynes, Disney and Armie Hammer in the lawsuit; says the suit is a ploy to get all of them in the same room to sell her script. Describes her script as 'extraordinary' and says will help promote peace
There have been some really desperate attempts to break into Hollywood before, but this is legendary - a Los Angeles homeless woman has filed a lawsuit against Halle Berry, Amanda Bynes, Armie Hammer, and Disney... for the express purpose of pitching them a TV show.
Jo Anne Vandegriff - who describes herself as homeless - freely admits the suit is a ploy to get everyone in a room so she can sell her 2,000-page original Civil War romance mini-series, Heaven's Angels. Vandegriff describes her script as 'an extraordinary work in its length, complexity, and scope, though not yet a masterpiece work'.
Vandegriff is targeting Disney because she wants to open up the studio - which she claims produces lily-white content - to Black and Hispanic females. She doesn't apologise for using the legal system to make a buck, because, as she says in the lawsuit, 'a mini-series of this nature only comes along once every 20 to 30 years'.
So why sue Halle? Vandegriff wants her in the leading role. As for Amanda... it would be a great comeback for her. And Arnie... he could finally be a leading man. And Vandegriff promises her script will help stimulate the economy ... and promote `peace and harmony, health and happiness.`
Sunday, March 23, 2014 15:39 IST