Dream Casting the Forthcoming Gianni Versace Biopic: Madonna, Elton John, Princess Diana, and More Inline

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    James Corden as Elton John

    James Corden would be a perfect choice to play the British music star, who was one of Versace’s closest friends. Not only does he have the accent problem solved, but he’s also already proven he can do a mean “Tiny Dancer.”

  • Emily Blunt as Princess Diana
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    Emily Blunt as Princess Diana

    Naomi Watts played the Queen of People’s Hearts in the 2013 movie Diana, about her love affair with a Pakistani doctor. For this film, we’d like to suggest Emily Blunt: The British actress has plenty of the late princess’s charisma, and she would also look amazing in her signature black minidresses. Plus, she’s already sort of played her before. In The Five-Year Engagement, her character, Violet, meets her future husband at a costume party, dressed as Princess Di.

  • Naomi Campbell as herself
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    Naomi Campbell as herself

    Nobody could ever play the one and only Naomi Campbell except the supermodel herself. She also pretty much looks exactly the same as she did 20 years ago.

  • Lady Gaga as Donatella Versace
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    Lady Gaga as Donatella Versace

    Gaga and Donatella have been friends for quite some time, and at several points in their close relationship, the shape-shifting singer looked like a Donatella doppelgänger. Now that Gaga is focusing on her acting career, this casting choice seems like a no-brainer.

  • Lourdes Leon as Madonna
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    Lourdes Leon as Madonna

    The 19-year-old daughter of the Material Girl looks more and more like her mother each day. Lourdes has already starred in a video campaign for Madge BFF Stella McCartney’s new perfume, so we’re betting Madonna wouldn’t mind if she were cast in a movie paying tribute to her late fashion pal.

  • Oscar Isaac as Antonio DAmico
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    Oscar Isaac as Antonio D’Amico

    If Oscar Isaac, who has an uncanny resemblance to Versace’s partner of 15 years, Antonio D’Amico, were to sign on for the film, we predict he and Banderas will give Michael Douglas and Matt Damon a run for their money for best fictionalized, real-life gay couple on screen.

  • Emily Ratajkowski as Elizabeth Hurley
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    Emily Ratajkowski as Elizabeth Hurley

    If there’s one person in the world who could wear the infamous black safety-pin Versace dress that Elizabeth Hurley wowed the world with in 1994, it’s Emily Ratajkowski and her enviable abs.