Amy Winehouse fans were left unimpressed after a first-look at her new biopic dropped today (Thursday January 11). Back To Black, directed by 50 Shades Of Grey filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, sees Industry star Marisa Abela play the tragic singer.
The movie, about Winehouse’s whirlwind years living in London and her journey to fame, also stars Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan and Jack O’Connell. It has the backing of Winehouse’s estate and will “focus on Amy’s extraordinary genius, creativity and honesty that infused everything she did, journeying from Camden High Street in the 1990s to her global fame and many accolades”, according to the official description.
The film “crashes through the looking glass of celebrity to watch this journey from behind the mirror, to see what Amy saw, to feel what she felt”, the synopsis adds. In the trailer, Winehouse can be heard saying: “I don’t write songs to be famous, I write songs because I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t.”
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It also shows her on stage at an early gig, getting one of her famous tattoos, and her mother Janis, played by Manville, crafting her signature beehive hairstyle. The film also depicts her laying eyes on her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, played by O’Connell, and her being chased down the street by paparazzi.
The trailer, which can be viewed below, includes a recreation of the famous moment she won the record of the year Grammy for Rehab, looking dumbstruck as she accepted the award on stage in London. The film is slated for cinema release this April.
Fans took to X, formerly Twitter, to respond to the one-minute and fifteen-second trailer. @Chris_marr1982 shared: "Not
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