Olivia Wilde as 'Deep Throat' Porn Star?
by Richard Sharp
Yeah, you read that right. No, there's no Olivia Wilde sex tape coming up, but she may play "Deepthroat" star Linda Lovelace in an upcoming film for Oscar winning-directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
"House" star Wilde is currently starring in "Cowboys and Aliens," which premieres this weekend.
Despite the very racy material, Wilde says she can handle everything the role will demand of her.
"It would be a tremendous honor," Wilde told E! "It's such a cool role. She was a fascinating woman—with where she came from to Deep Throat to then working with Gloria Steinem and Nora Ephron. It's really fascinating."
While Lovelace is best known for her considerable oral talents in the adult film space, she later went on to become one of the foremost spokespeople against pornography. Lovelace claimed that she had actually been forced into the pronography industry by her husband Chuck Traynor, who she alleges literally held an M-16 to her head. She claims to have made nothing from the porn clasic, and said she continued to make films out of "forced prostitution."
A lawsuit filed by Lovelace (aka Linda Boreman) to claim her fair share of the revenue was dismissed in court.
On other fronts, E! also reported that James Franco is in the running for the film. Olivia WIlde and James Franco in a movie about porn? Wonder if anyone in the world would find that subject interesting...