Marisa Abela will sing “from starting to finish” in Amy Winehouse biopic
The forthcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Again To Black will function Marisa Abela singing “from starting to finish”, director Sam Taylor-Johnson has stated.
The Business actress stars as Winehouse and charts the enduring singer’s vibrant years dwelling in London in addition to her intense rise to fame.
Alongside Abela, Again To Black additionally stars Jack O’Connell as Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as her father Mitch, Juliet Cowan as her mom Janis, and Lesley Manville as her grandmother Cynthia.
Taylor-Johnson has confirmed Abela carried out all of the songs herself, having began voice classes for the half.
“After we first talked about it, my first query to [Abela] was, ‘Are you able to sing?’ And he or she stated, ‘I can’t,’” the director advised Empire [via MusicNews]. “I used to be pondering, possibly we’ll use Amy’s voice all through, and we’ll do it that approach. She then went off after that audition – no matter whether or not she knew she’d received the half – and began coaching her voice.”
After a profitable however “nerve-wracking” check recording at Abbey Highway Studios in London, Abela ended up singing “the complete film, starting to finish”, which Taylor-Johnson described as “an enormous feat”. Abela additionally labored with Winehouse’s unique band for the recordings.
“Dale [Davis] was there, her bass guitarist, and Ade [Omotayo, singer] and we simply all stood there and simply went, ‘Fuck!’ She’s unimaginable,” Taylor-Johnston remembered. “They didn’t know what to anticipate. They had been simply brimming with emotion, as a result of it’s such a multi-layer of emotions for the individuals who had been near her and labored along with her.”
Taylor-Johnston additionally spoke about Abela’s audition, the place she selected to not costume up lik Winehouse like many different auditionees.
“Marisa got here in as Marisa – completely no cat-eye make-up or something. She was very candy and really quiet,” he stated. “After which I turned on the digital camera, and she or he appears to be like down the lens, and actually, all of us simply went, ‘What?!’”
Again To Black will probably be in cinemas from April 12.