Emmy Rossum is hitting the red carpet to promote her new Peacock series!
20.05.2022 - 16:39 / etcanada.com
The real Angelyne is speaking out about Emmy Rossum’s new Peacock series — and she isn’t a fan.
The ’80s billboard queen spoke to “Inside Edition” about the series, insisting: “I had a glimpse of it and I refused to watch it.
“It doesn’t do me justice. Would you be flattered if someone played you and misrepresented you?” Angelyne, who is still driving her signature pink Corvette at a reported 71 years old, added.
Despite Angelyne’s comments, Rossum, who underwent a major transformation to play the role, had nothing but positive things to say about meeting the star.
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“The one thing [Angelyne] told me was that she’s a mirror, so whatever I saw in her that’s the story I should tell and therefore it would be my story and not her story. And I thought that was so empowering,” the actress recently told The Hollywood Reporter.
“I hope that she knows that this is a love letter to the fun and fantasy and the hot pink, Corvette-driving enigma that she is. I hope more people fall in love with her and appreciate her for what a trailblazer she is as the precursor to social media.”
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Rossum also spoke to Seth Meyers about meeting Angelyne, revealing how she was an hour late because she was selling merch to fans out of the back of her car, calling her a “bada**.”
“Angelyne” premieres Wednesday, June 1 at 9 p.m. ET on Showcase.
Emmy Rossum is hitting the red carpet to promote her new Peacock series!
Emmy Rossum is recalling her unforgettable birth story.
Emmy Rossum is sharing her very memorable birth story!
streaming, the limited series follows Angelyne (Emmy Rossum, “Shameless”), nee Ronia Tamar Goldberg, who, for decades, has been an iconic curiosity driving around in her pink Corvette (think a more Hollywood version of the infamous Times Square Naked Cowboy) and appearing on billboards where it wasn’t clear what she was advertising — aside from her own desire for everyone to know her face. As depicted from a nearly unrecognizable Rossum (who’s buried beneath a platinum bouffant, fake chest and Minnie Mouse voice), Angelyne’s aesthetic is part Dolly Parton, part Barbie. The show compares her to a prototype of figures who are “famous for being famous” such as Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian.
EXCLUSIVE: Henry Eikenberry (Euphoria), Henry Zaga (Beyond The Universe), Thomas Sadoski (Life In Pieces), Will Chase (Dopesick), Laila Robins (The Walking Dead), Sam Vartholomeos (Bridge and Tunnel) and Levon Thurman-Hawk have joined Tom Holland in The Crowded Room, Apple’s seasonal anthology series from A Beautiful Mind‘s Akiva Goldsman and New Regency. In addition to Holland, they join previously cast Amanda Seyfried, Emmy Rossum, Sasha Lane, Christopher Abbot, Emma Laird, Jason Isaacs and Lior Raz.
spoke with Inside Edition about how she feels about the portrayal.She explained that “Angelyne” is fictionalized and doesn’t give a full account of her life. “I had a glimpse of it and I refused to watch it,” she said. She went on, “It doesn’t do me justice.
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Emmy Rossum plays mysterious Los Angeles icon Angelyne in the new Peacock series and now the real woman is sharing her thoughts on the show.
Emmy Rossum admitted it took more than 11 hours in the hair and makeup chair to transform into Angelyne for the Peacock series about the mysterious Los Angeles billboard icon. The 35-year-old former "Shameless" actress detailed the extensive process of playing the legendary LA local, whose known around town for driving her Barbie pink Corvette and became famous in the '80s when massive billboards featuring her portrait started appearing on city streets.
love to be like Barbie,” Emmy Rossum as Angelyne in the Peacock series of the same name. “She lives a painless existence. You can stick her with things and she won’t cry, she doesn’t hurt.
Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticStay in Los Angeles long enough, and you’ll have an Angelyne story. Decades after plastering the city in mysterious billboards bearing her name and Barbie-esque silhouette, the self-made urban legend can still be found zipping through the streets in her signature Corvette, a flash of bubblegum pink on the desert horizon.
The world of “Angelyne” is hot pink. It’s a pink that can’t be described in terms of bubble gum or cotton candy because no one in the world would ever invent something pink enough to make this pink’s namesake.