Melissa McCarthy Replaced Julianne Moore in ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’
Julianne Moore was picked to play Lee Israel in the dramatic film ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ about a celebrity biographer who turns to deception when she can’t get herself published. But the directors and the actress didn’t see eye to eye on how the character should be played, particularly because Moore wanted to don a fat suit to make her character more realistic. In the end, the actress dropped out of the project a week before production started and the role was given to Melissa McCarthy, who earned an Academy Awards nomination for Best Actress.