Streisand not a fan of “Star” remake
Huge fan of “A Star Is Born” with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper? Then maybe don’t talk to Barbra Streisand, who starred in the 1976 version of the flick and has some things to say about its 2018 incarnation.
Primarily, the 79-yearold singeractor-director said it was too much like what she and Kris Kristofferson did in the 1970s.
“When I did ‘A Star Is Born,’ I thought Judy Garland was so great in it, I thought, ‘Oh, my God, how am I gonna do this?’” Streisand said in a Zoom interview with Australia’s
“The Sunday Project” to promote her new album. “I have to change it — I’ll become a guitar-playing singer-songwriter, and Kris Kristofferson is already a singer-songwriter, and we’ll change the story a bit.’”
“At first, when I heard it was going to be done again, it was supposed to be Will Smith and Beyonce, and I thought, that’s interesting,” Streisand revealed. “Really make it different again, different kind of music, integrated actors, I thought that was a great idea. So, I was surprised when I saw how alike it was to the version that I did in 1976.
“I thought it was the wrong idea,” she said. “And look, it was a big success, I can’t argue with success. But I don’t care so much about success as I do about originality.”
Talking about Queen Bey’s tribute performance of “The Way We Were” at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2008, the “Funny Girl” star said the song didn’t come out right the first time Beyonce tried it.
“I didn’t think it was good enough, actually — for her. And again, I always think like a director. I want the best for my actors or singers. So she did it over, and she did it
beautifully the second time,” Streisand said.
Streisand’s new album is “Release Me 2.”