“How can it be authentic if they don’t know the real Amy?”: Why didn’t the makers of the Winehouse biopic ask us about her, say her friends?
- Film bosses have not asked Winehouse’s friends for souvenirs of the late singer
- One is unhappy with the casting of Marisa Abela, arguing that there is no resemblance
- They also contrast Abela’s social background with the shrewd Mrs. Winehouse.
Amy Winehouse’s friends are furious at the creators of an upcoming biopic for not consulting them about the star’s life.
They claim executives working on Back To Black have not contacted them to ask about their memories of the late singer, raising fears the film is inaccurate.
One told The Mail on Sunday that they are also not happy with the casting of Marisa Abela, the star of BBC’s bawdy drama Industry, because, despite the near-perfect wig she wears and identical tattoos, they don’t think she look like the rehab singer. .
They also contrast the social background of the Roedean-educated Ms Abela with the London-born Ms Winehouse, known for her street persona.
Winehouse’s friends say executives working on Back To Black have not contacted them to ask about their memories of the late singer, raising fears the film is inaccurate.
“No one asked us about Amy,” the friend said. ‘How can you be authentic and accurate if you don’t know the real Amy or the truth about what happened in her last years? We are against this and we are upset. Amy was absolutely amazing.
Even though it’s been nearly 12 years since Winehouse was found unconscious at her home in Camden, north London, in July 2011, her heartbroken friends still believe it’s too early to make such a film. However, movies about deceased stars were released earlier. I Wanna Dance With Somebody, a film that tells the life story of pop star Whitney Houston, who died a year later in 2012, is currently in theaters.
Sources on the set of Back To Black, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and named after Winehouse’s 2006 hit album, say filming is only due for the past eight weeks, which industry insiders believe is not It is a long time for a production of this type.
In the picture: the actress with her mother Caroline Gruber
A source said: “It all feels very fast, almost a bit of a smash and grab.”
They also questioned how the paparazzi presented themselves during scenes filmed last week.
Viewers say the photographers were portrayed as aggressive towards Ms Winehouse, while in reality the pop star, who was 27 when she died, had a respectful relationship with them and became friends with some.
Eddie Marsan will star in the film as the singer’s father, Mitch, and Jack O’Connell as her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil.
Miss Abela, 26, who will also appear in Greta Gerwig’s new Barbie movie due for release in July, had originally planned to go to university to become a human rights lawyer.
Mitch Winehouse and Amy Winehouse backstage at the 2008 BRIT Awards
However, she changed her mind at the last minute and decided to attend Rada Drama School to follow in the footsteps of her mother, actress Caroline Gruber. Both mother and daughter have drawn attention in their acting careers: Miss Abela in her risque sex and drug scenes on Industry, where she plays city worker Yasmin Kara-Hanani, and Mrs. Gruber on the show comedy Heil Honey I’m Home!, in which Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun move in next door to a Jewish couple.
The series, described as “the world’s blandest sitcom”, was canceled in 1990 after only one episode.
Although Miss Abela attended the £20,000 a year Roedean School in Brighton, East Sussex, she grew up in a modest semi-detached bungalow with her mother.