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Marisa Abela‘s casting as Amy Winehouse has been pissing individuals off for a few yr — and masses are STILL fuming after the trailer for the biopic dropped … cannot win ’em all.
So far as we will see, Marisa’s not a lifeless ringer for the late icon … however she’s shut sufficient — going from a median on a regular basis Londoner to a beehive-wearing, heavily-tatted powerhouse within the first trailer for the flick, “Back to Black,” displaying her rise within the music trade.
Some refuse to chop her slack, with a crap ton of haters hitting X with their fuming takes on Marisa’s casting & additionally predicting the film will tank on the field workplace. Lengthy story quick — numerous customers really feel she’s simply not plausible because the late, nice AW … each in look, and in voice.
It ain’t all bleak, although — others admit they’re pleasantly stunned on the trailer … sufficient for them to make a theatre journey — including that it seems to be tremendous emotional.
The trailer undoubtedly stirs up some poignancy … Abela’s Winehouse is heard saying she does not pen songs to be well-known … solely doing it trigger she does not know what else she’d do if she did not.
She additionally hopes individuals neglect their troubles when listening to her voice — which arguably they did as Amy’s music touched tens of millions earlier than her tragic passing at 27 from accidental alcohol poisoning in 2011.
The blended response to the Sam Taylor-Johnson-directed biopic does not come as a shock as Amy followers have been venting for some time over Marisa trying nothing just like the star — additionally slamming the necessity for a biopic within the first place.
Although, Amy’s personal dad Mitch is completely cool with the biopic … telling TMZ early final yr Marisa’s an incredible selection for the function — even when she does not look precisely like Amy.
Jack O’Connell performs Amy’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, and Juliet Cowan & Eddie Marsan play her mother and pa, Janis and Mitch Winehouse.
We’re all about giving the film a good shot … which is able to occur as soon as “Back To Black” hits cinemas on Could 10.
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