<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Bethenny Frankel&amp;apos;s first novel, Skinnydipping, hits stores May 1--and the former Real Housewife is already plotting out its big screen adaptation.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve been approached for the book to be a film and a television series,&amp;quot; Frankel, 41, told the Associated Press in a recent interview. &amp;quot;My gut says it really is a film; maybe later it could be a TV series. It has the arc, the story, the characters to be a film.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe Bravo star is ready to cast the fictionalized, movie version of herself, too, should the opportunity arise. Her first choice? &amp;quot;When I thought about the lead character, I thought about people like Mila Kunis,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;Expect the unexpected. I think that Mila Kunis would be perfect.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIf Kunis, 28, is busy, the entrepreneur said she&amp;apos;d also be thrilled to have Lea Michele--a big fan of Frankel&amp;apos;s Skinnygirl Margarita--take on the part.\r\n\r\nThough Frankel has written books before, Skinnydipping is her first foray into fiction-writing. &amp;quot;It was a great experience,&amp;quot; she revealed. &amp;quot;I really liked fiction.&amp;quot;\r\nWhen asked about the unexpected new form her career is taking, the entrepreneur-turned-author stressed that she&amp;apos;s not overthinking it. Instead, she&amp;apos;s focused on doing what she&amp;apos;s been doing all along: her own thing.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Everyone asks, are you the next this, are you the next that,&amp;quot; Frankel shared. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m the next Bethenny! I don&amp;apos;t ever look at what anyone else is doing.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/bethenny-frankel-wants-mila-kunis-to-play-her-on-the-big-screen-201284>