Leona Lewis To Play Mariah In Musical?

We told you last year (hey - look how topical we are, being down with 2009 and all that) that there were plans afoot to turn Mariah “Probably Pregnant” Carey’s life into a musical and now reports in Britain claim that superstar singer Leona Lewis could take the lead role.

“Mariah secretly likes the idea of Leona playing her. Not only is she exotic, she’s the only one who they reckon would be able to tackle Mariah’s eight-octave vocal range,” Metro reports a source as saying.

Yeah, yeah, we kind of see what you’re saying here, and it would surely be a stupid move to have Ashlee Simpson try and perform those type of vocal gymnastics. But Leona is well, so, so, *whispers it* bland. We’re not sure she’s got the right edge of crazy to bring Mimi’s magnificence to the stage. But then again, they’ve also mentioned Eva Longoria (?) and Vanessa Hudgens (???) as other possible stars to take the role. But our resolution for 2009 (along with promising not to think a day without a drug story means Amy Winehouse is getting better, and trying very hard to not think mean thoughts about Peaches Geldof) is to be more accepting, man, so let’s see what happens here. In the meantime, we’d like to come up with some equally outside-the-box casting suggestions for Tommy Mottola. To start, how about Russell Brand or Zac Efron? No? [Photos: FilmMagic, WireImage]