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24-08-00 news EXCLUSIVE
Melanie Griffith to play Julia Roberts...

Hollywood's Melanie Griffith is to play the role of her fellow Hollywood actress Julia Roberts in the true story about the relationship between Roberts and an Irish Chauffeur. ShowBizIreland.com has got confirmation from Griffith's agent that she has signed on the dotted line for the movie which starts shooting in Ireland towards the end of September, start of October.

The story (an Irish and true version of Notting Hill) is based on the life of the actress and the Irish celeb chauffeur Mick Devine who took care of her at one of the lowest points in her life.

Called The Limo Man the movie stems from the July 1991 meeting between Devine and Julia Roberts when she called him at two in the morning and asked him to pick her up from the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin where she had just broken up with Kiefer Suderland.

In his own words Mick says that he hasn't talked to the actress about the movie yet but speaking to her on the phone she did say she would be back in Ireland in October for a holiday.

According to Devine when Julia broke up with Suderland there was only one place he could take her: "The only place I could bring her was to my home in the Dublin suburbs. There was no where-else I could think of taking her. So, I took her home to the wife. Since then we have become great friends. We even went over and stayed in her house in Hollywood. She is always on the phone and always sends me letters from all over the world."

One of 1999 biggest movie hits was Notting Hill which stared Julia as a Hollywood star who fell for a normal non-famous guy (Hugh Grant). In The Limo Man Melanie Griffith has signed to play Julia while producers are chasing Irish actor Brendan Gleeson who looks set to play Devine in a script written by Barry Devlin.