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Billie Joe Armstrong Is the Next Rock Star to Transition to Movie Star
Look on in horror, high school freshmen that have just listened to Dookie: Billie Joe Armstrong will be playing Leighton Meester's boyfriend in the indie film Like Sunday, Like Rain. Meester will be portraying a struggling musician who becomes the guardian of a young musical prodigy and Debra Messing will be playing her mother. Yes, it will be pretty weird seeing the Green Day frontman on the arm of a former Gossip Girl, but Armstrong is not the first musician to have made the transition to the big screen...
He'll Star in 'Like Sunday, Like Rain'
Look on in horror, high school freshmen that have just listened to Dookie: Billie Joe Armstrong will be playing Leighton Meester's boyfriend in the indie film Like Sunday, Like Rain. Meester will be portraying a struggling musician who becomes the guardian of a young musical prodigy and Debra Messing will be playing her mother. Yes, it will be pretty weird seeing the Green Day frontman on the arm of a former Gossip Girl, but Armstrong is not the first musician to have made the transition to the big screen...
David Bowie
Every musician should just stop trying to do movies now, since David Bowie's already done it. Labyrinth was the weirdest, most musician-y movie a pop artist has ever made — and really, if you're not going to go weird with it, why bother? Bowie's outfits as the Goblin King Jareth were fabulous and even though it may not have been an Oscar-worthy performance, but it sure as hell is entertaining.
Prince
Is Purple Rain a flimsy excuse for a movie? Yes. Is Prince's character kind of misogynistic and abusive? Also yes. Is the movie even good? Not really. But if you're into watching an album-long music video, it's pretty decent.
Jack White
Cold Mountain was a great movie with a great soundtrack, both of which were given a helping hand by Jack White. But lest ye not forget, that movie also spawned the unbelievably weird relationship between Jack White and Renee Zellweger... so really, you win some, you lose some.
Cher
Cher has had a pretty healthy film career, starring in 15 movies. While Cher got an Oscar for Best Actress for Moonstruck, my personal favorite is the syrupy sweet "message" movie Mask, where Cher plays a cool biker chick mom to a kid with a rare facial disorder. But really, no line Cher says will ever be as good as her tweets. Never change, beb.
Mariah Carey
Can Mariah Carey be classified as a rock star? Probably not. But then again, Glitter was so bad, it can hardly be classified as a film. Let this be an example to you, Billie Joe. Don't star in a vanity project if you have no idea how to act.
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette appeared in the Kevin Smith movie Dogma, which lampooned religion and was actually pretty good. What was her character? Oh nothing, just God. Sing it with me now: "It's like raaaaaaain..."
Lenny Kravitz
Jimi Hendrix-wannabe Lenny Kravitz's turn as Cinna in The Hunger Games was actually much better than most of his songs. But don't get too involved with the character yet, there's still the next, totally heartbreaking movie...
