SuBo the movie?

A Susan Boyle biopic is underway, and, if reports are correct, they've picked a surprising actress to play the former Scottish spinster.

Glenn Close, best known for her role as the psycho mistress in 1987's 'Fatal Attraction', has won the part, despite Boyle wanting Scottish actress Elaine Smith to play her in a movie, according to The Sun.

While SuBo is believed to have preferred Rab C Nesbitt's screen wife for the film, it's the veteran actress that has reportedly won the part.

An insider told the newspaper, “The film is full steam ahead now the leading role is sorted. It was always going to be a tricky one to cast. (Her) incredible story is so well-known across the planet that the film is bound to go down a storm.

"Glenn has played some imposing women in the past including Cruella de Vil and Alex Forrest, who boils the pet rabbit in Fatal Attraction. But [Boyle] might just be her biggest role yet."

So less Bunny Boiler, and more Susan Boyle-r!

While the idea of a 64 year-old American playing a 49-year-old Scottish woman seems a bizarre one, it hasn't been the oddest suggestion.

Welsh beauty Catherine Zeta Jones was once linked to the part, while Robin Williams joked two years ago that he would like to done a skirt and reheat his old ‘Mrs Doubtfire’ accent to play Boyle, saying, “I've been asked if I want to play Susan in the movie. I think she's incredible.”

And Matt Lucas can consider himself unlucky to not be in the running, following his uncanny dead-on impersonation of her in a 2009 photo shoot.

Susan Boyle became a global phenomenon following her iconic performance of 'I Dreamed A Dream' during an audition for 'Britain's Got Talent'.

It transformed the shy Scottish woman into a hugely successful recording artist. Her two albums have sold nearly 10 million copies worldwide.

Filming is reported to begin earlier this year, with no word yet on who will play Simon Cowell – Ricky Gervais anyone?