Julia Garner Offered Madonna Role In Biopic
Via Variety:
Julia Garner has been offered the role of Madonna in a forthcoming biopic about the pop icon, sources familiar with the project told Variety.
Garner has emerged the favorite from over a dozen candidates, one insider added, and has for months been speculated as a frontrunner for the part — a performance Madonna will shepherd herself as director. Garner’s team is considering and expected to accept the offer, said another source.
The film is set up at Universal Pictures, and will follow the early days of the oft-controversial artist and queen of perpetual reinvention. Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley won the script in a multi-studio bidding war, and Amy Pascal is attached as a producer.
While anyone directing their own biopic could be a recipe for disaster, I do like Garner (even though Ozark wasn’t very good), and choosing her indicates that Madonna actually knows what she’s doing. Fingers crossed.
