If the director of
The Kentucky Fried Horror Show has his way,
Jessica Simpson is going to be the next great "
Scream Queen." Rush PR News is
reporting that director
C.L. Gregory, who helmed the 2006 direct-to-video zombie film
Blood Lake, is in serious talks to get Simpson to star in his next indie-horror project. The film, which thankfully has nothing to do with the 1977 comedy
The Kentucky Fried Movie, is set in the Pentecostal south and follows a group of college kids on a road trip who come across a murderous religious cult.
Cinematical has contacted Simpson's reps to get a comment, but no word yet.
Now brace yourself, this is what the director had to say about Simpson's on-screen abilities: "I felt that the script needed someone that could carry the weight of its character and without doubt, Jessica was my first and only consideration for the role. She's never done a horror film to date and we felt she was ready for a project like this as it will be a very emotional and demanding piece of work for her. But I don't see anyone who can pull it off better than Jessica Simpson." I guess he saw some kind of "emotional range" in her work in
Employee of The Month that
some of us might have missed. Gregory seems to be mining the "starlet set" for the cast, since he is also trying to cast
Hilary Duff for another role in the film. As for Simpson, she has finished up work on the
Working Girl remake
Blonde Ambition, which is due for a summer release -- so she could have time in her schedule. I'm just not convinced Simpson pull off a horror film heroine role, but at least we know she has the "lung capacity" for some truly ear-piercing screams.
It's not like I think 
