Michelle Williams is about to close negotiations for play Janis Joplin in the biopic that will soon begin to be recorded about the singer. The film will be directed by Sean Durkin, who in 2011 successfully directed "Martha Marcy May Marlene," which featured several songs by Joplin herself on its soundtrack.
The actress was already very successful when played Marilyn Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn", a role with which he even won an Oscar nomination and won the Golden Globe and many other awards. With his latest work, "Manchester by the Sea", he is garnering rave reviews, especially at the recent London Film Festival.
Who was Janis Joplin?
Michelle Williams will now step into the shoes of Janis Joplin, a rock and roll and blues singer who had a powerful voice and interpreted each song with great intensity. She became famous in the 60s, first as part of the Big Brother and the Holding Company band and later as a solo artist. A life full of strong emotions that ended when she was only 27 years old because of a heroin overdose.
Michelle Williams as Janis Joplin
Before Michelle Williams it seems that the producer was groping Amy Adams and Zooey Deschanel, but without a doubt in this case they are hitting much more with an actress who fits the role perfectly. Anyway, the project has had several problems due to legal disputes, but let's hope that it can finally be carried out and we enjoy another masterful performance of an actress who is not as valued as she should be.
More than 30 films and 3 Oscar nominations as Best Actress they say a lot about Michelle Williams' career, and Janis Joplin's is a role that can place her once again among the candidates to win the long-awaited golden statuette.