Marisa Abela (L); Amy Winehouse.Photo: Focus Features; Kevin Mazur/WireImage
TheIndustryactress, 26, stars as the late singer in aphoto the director sharedon Instagram Friday, showing Abela rocking Winehouse’s signature beehive hairstyle and large hoop earrings.
“Marisa Abela … watch out everyone! Cameras roll on Monday. Here we go!” Taylor-Johnson, 55, wrote in the caption.
Abelashared the photoon her Instagram Story as well, adding a black heart emoji to her post.
" ‘And for London. This is for London. Cause Camden Town ain’t burnin down,’ " Abela captioned the post, quotingWinehouse’s 2008 Grammys speech. She concluded, “I love you, Amy. ❤️”
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“This isa dream movie to helm,” the filmmaker wrote in an Instagram caption at the time while sharing a post fromDeadline, which first reported the news. “I’m ready, let’s go … #amywinehouse #backtoblack.”
Writer Matt Greenhalgh wrote the screenplay, while Studiocanal is producing with Alison Owen and Debra Hayward, alongside Tracey Seaward, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. The project has also received support from Winehouse’s estate.
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In a statement toEW, Taylor-Johnson said her “connection to” Winehouse, who died from alcohol poisoning at her home in London in July 2011 at the age of 27, “began when I left college and was hanging out in the creatively diverse London borough of Camden.”
“I got a job at the legendary KOKO club, and I can still breathe every market stall, vintage shop and street,” she continued. “A few years later Amy wrote her searingly honest songs whilst living in Camden. Like with me, it became part of her DNA.”
“I am fully aware of the responsibility, with my writing collaborator Matt Greenhalgh I will create a movie that we will all love and cherish forever. Just like we do Amy,” she added.
source: people.com
