Will Three-Time Tony Winner Glenn Close Reprise Her Norma Desmond in a Sunset Boulevard Film Adaptation?

It’s as if she never said goodbye to Norma Desmond. Three-time Tony winner Glenn Close, who is set to return to the Great White Way this fall in Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance, wants to return to the big screen with one look. The Oscar nominee recently revealed to the The New York Times that she hopes to reprise her performance in a film adaptation of the musical Sunset Boulevard.

Featuring a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and a book and lyrics by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, the tuner premiered in the West End in 1993, directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Patti LuPone. In a widely publicized upset that resulted in an out-of-court settlement, Close brought the role to Broadway the following year and landed her third Tony. In 2011, Lloyd Webber told Piers Morgan that he would like to see Madonna take on the role of Norma Desmond in a film adaptation. No word if the material girl, who famously led the big screen adaptation of Lloyd Webber’s Evita, is still on the shortlist.

Based on the 1950 film of the same name, Sunset Boulevard tells the story of Norma Desmond, an aging silent film star who recruits young writer Joe Gillis to help relaunch her career in the world of talking films. A reclusive shut-in, Desmond forms an unhealthy obsession with Gillis and soon demands he move in to her lavish Hollywood mansion.