Again to Black, the forthcoming biopic aiming to hint Amy Winehouse’s journey from Camden woman to movie star, has discovered its Amy. The movie, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, will function Business actress Marisa Abela within the titular function. The 26-year-old was rumored to be becoming a member of the film final 12 months — over 4 years because it was first introduced and over three since manufacturing was scheduled to start. Filming will begin later this month.
“And for London. That is for London. Trigger Camden City ain’t burnin down,” Abela captioned a photograph of herself on Instagram standing in entrance of a large mural of Winehouse. “I really like you, Amy.” The quote comes from the late singer’s acceptance speech on the 2008 Grammy Awards, the place she received Report of the Yr for “Rehab” from her acclaimed sophomore file Again to Black. Closing out her speech, Winehouse devoted the award to her hometown of Camden, the London neighborhood ravished by a hearth earlier that 12 months, screaming: “That is for Camden.”
The primary-look photographs for Again to Black reveal Abela, a fellow Brit who hails from Brighton, as Winehouse, donning her signature face piercing and iconic beehive up-do. In one other slide on Instagram, the actress is pictured from her lips down, carrying a reproduction of the singer’s Amy Jade nameplate necklace and big bamboo earrings.
“My connection to Amy started once I left school and was hanging out within the creatively numerous London borough of Camden,” Taylor-Johnson shared in a press release. “I obtained a job on the legendary KOKO membership, and I can nonetheless breathe each market stall, classic store, and avenue… Just a few years later Amy wrote her searingly trustworthy songs while dwelling in Camden. Like with me, it grew to become a part of her DNA. I first noticed her carry out at a expertise present at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Membership in Soho and it was instantly apparent she wasn’t simply ’expertise’… she was genius.”
She added: “As a filmmaker you’ll be able to’t actually ask for extra. I really feel excited and humbled to have this chance to understand Amy’s fantastically distinctive and tragic story to cinema accompanied by crucial a part of her legacy – her music. I’m absolutely conscious of the accountability, with my writing collaborator – Matt Greenhalgh – I’ll create a film that we are going to all love and cherish without end. Identical to we do Amy.”
When the movie was first introduced in 2018, it had been reported that proceeds from the bipoic will profit the Amy Winehouse Basis. Winehouse’s father, Mitch Winehouse, shared a press release on the time confirming her household and property’s help. “We now really feel in a position to have a good time Amy’s extraordinary life and expertise,” he stated. “And we all know by the Amy Winehouse Basis that the true story of her sickness can assist so many others who is likely to be experiencing comparable points.”
Whereas talking to the Solar that 12 months about casting, Winehouse’s father acknowledged that he wished whoever stuffed the function of his daughter to echo her true self. “I wouldn’t thoughts betting it will be an unknown, younger, English — London, Cockney — actress who seems a bit like Amy,” he stated. “What we wish is someone to painting Amy in the best way that she was… the humorous, sensible, charming and horrible individual that she was. There’s no level actually me making the movie as a result of I’m her dad. However to get the appropriate individuals to do it, that’s crucial, and we’ll.”