Marisa Abela on playing AMY WINEHOUSE in BACK TO BLACK from director Sam Taylor-Johnson
24Interview with actress Marisa Abela who plays Amy Winehouse in Back To Black, the new biopic from director Sam Taylor-Johnson, who joins Marisa in this chat about the new movie.
Amy Winehouse is rightly revered as one of the greatest artists in recent history, selling more than 30 million records worldwide, and today generating more than 80 million streams per month. Her 2006 masterpiece Back to Black, propelled her to global stardom, going on to win a (then) record breaking 5 Grammy Awards, including Record Of The Year and Song of The Year for hit single ‘Rehab’.
BACK TO BLACK is the highly anticipated feature film from acclaimed filmmaker and visual artist Sam Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades director), to be released in cinemas across the UK & Ireland on 12 April 2024.
Charting Winehouse’s personal and professional life in London and her extraordinary rise to fame, Taylor-Johnson directs break-out star Marisa Abela (Industry) as music icon Amy Winehouse.
Supporting Abela are BAFTA-winning actor Jack O'Connell (who plays Amy's boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil), Eddie Marsan (who plays Amy's dad Mitch Winehouse), Juliet Cowan and Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated actress Lesley Manville.
The film, and the music on this soundtrack, focuses on Amy Winehouse’s extraordinary genius, her unrivalled creativity and the raw honesty that infused everything she did. A truly phenomenal writer and performer, Amy was and remains a once in a generation talent.
Actress Marisa Abela is known for her roles in the BBC Two and HBO series Industry and the Sky One series COBRA & appeared opposite Margot Robbie in Barbie as Teen Talk Barbie, next up she will be seen in Black Bag.
For more on the Amy Winehouse film BACK TO BLACK visit http://www.Movies.ie
Interviews with the BACK TO BLACK cast by film journalist Cara O'Doherty