Faye Dunaway Battles Hilary Duff

by Elizabeth Fairview | February 4th, 2009

Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty as the original Bonnie and Clyde. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Images)

So it's an official smackdown between and unlikely pair of actresses.

Hollywood is remaking the 10-Oscar-nominated classic Bonnie and Clyde, which originally starred Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. And for some crazy reason, they have cast bubble gum pop princess Hilary Duff to play the hard-edged, Depression-era outlaw, Bonnie Parker.

Learning her role would be portrayed by Hilary Duff, Dunaway supposedly seethed, "Couldn't they at least cast a real actress?"

Duff, star of Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2, did not take this criticism well, pulling out her own set of claws.

Duff told E!'s Daily 10, "I think that my fans that are going to go see the movie don't even know who she is," regarding Dunaway, a living legend in Hollywood, adding, "I think it was a little unnecessary, but I might be mad if I looked like that now, too."

Great arguments, Hilary. Yes, we are aware that your and your fans are probably ignorant – and yes, the aging process is like totally ick!

Warren Beatty's character, Clyde Barrow, will be played by Kevin Zegers, whose known for his roles in The Jane Austen Book Club and Transamerica. The jury's still out on Zegers.