“Back to Black”, a new biopic retracing the life of singer Amy Winehouse has found its director. Sam Taylor-Johnson will be behind the camera, but which actress will play the icon?
11 years after the disappearance of the English singer Amy WinehouseStudioCanal will produce Back To Black, a biopic dedicated to the life of the singer. The film will be directed by Sam Taylor Johnsonto whom we owe Nowhere Boy and Fifty Shades of grey on a screenplay Matt Greenhalgh.
The film should retrace the life of the interpreter of Rehab and Back to Black who started out singing in North London jazz clubs before becoming a 6 Grammy Award-winning music superstar. She died on July 23, 2011, at the age of 27, from an overdose of alcohol and drugs.
After his death, Hollywood quickly tried to tell his story and several projects, including one with Noomi Rapace in the leading role, were announced, but none came to fruition. In 2015, the documentary Amy of Asif Kapadiaretracing the life of the icon, won the Oscar for best documentary.
Back To Black is made with the support of Amy Winehouse’s family.
Castings to find the actress who will play the singer should begin in the coming weeks.
Which actress would you see to play Amy Winehouse in the cinema?
Noomi Rapace
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Could Noomi Rapace reprise the role in Back to Black ? There is little chance now for reasons of age. The actress is indeed 42 years old while the interpreter of You Know I’m No Good died at the age of 27.
Millie Bobby Brown
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In 2016, she had also published a video of her singing the title Valerie at only five years old and in 2019, she had taken over You Know I’m No Good on the set of Jimmy Fallon’s late-show.
Lady Gaga
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Tania Raymonde
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In 2017 she posted on her Instagram account a video of her made up as Amy Winehouse. We let you judge…
Charlie Clive
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