Could Madonna Play Lead In Gloria Estefan Movie?

Kathleen Sampey Associated Press Gloria Estefan, approaching cigar status as one of Cuba’s most treasured exports to the U.S., is preparing to take on the world… in a tour, that is. The two-time Grammy winner kicks off the Olympics and her world tour next month when she performs her song, “Reach,” from her latest CD, “Destiny.”

Estefan traces her own musical destiny to her partnership with her husband, Emilio, forming the Miami Sound Machine. Fully recovered from a severe back injury suffered in a tour bus accident, she remains diplomatic when asked where her loyalties will be at the Olympics.

1. Who are you rooting for in the Olympics? Cuba or the U.S.?

Estefan: I always root for the underdog. Whoever’s losing is who I root for. …I get nervous for these teams. Competition makes me nervous. I hate that somebody has o lose at all.

2. If we were to walk into your house and turn on the CD player, who would we hear?

Estefan: Cachao. He is 78 years old. He’s the creator and inventor of the mambo. It’s a compilation called “Master Sessions.” He won a Grammy for it. He was playing in the Cuban symphony at the age of 12. Emilio (Estefan) recorded it. Andy Garcia, the actor, produced it (for Crescent Moon Records).

3. If there were a movie made of your life, who would you like to play you and why?

Estefan (who is 5‘2”): Oh God…I don’t know if there are any actresses short enough.

3-1/2: How about Madonna?

Estefan: Madonna would probably do a good job. At least I think we’d have the same sense of humor more or less. Although it’d be a bit of a stretch. Can Madonna have her first and only boyfriend be her husband? I don’t know if she could play that.

4. What would this movie be called?

Estefan: What would I want it to be called or what would they call it? You know they can do those things without you, which really makes me nervous. Well, I bet you anything if they made a movie about me, they’d call it, “Coming Out of the Dark,” (one of her song titles) or something dramatic like that. I hate that melodrama.

5. What would you like it to be called?

Estefan: “It’s Been Fun.”