14 DAY TRIAL // Now that Amy Winehouse has found more fame in death than she ever had while she was still alive, there’s a rush to get a film made of her troubled and short existence. Lady Gaga is reportedly up for the lead.
Though she’s never gone on the record to speak of plans of transitioning from music to movies, insiders tell the Daily Star that this is precisely what Lady Gaga has on her mind for some months now.
Before Amy’s death, she looked at various scripts, but found none to make her to commit and take this giant leap, sources say.
Amy was found dead in her apartment a couple of weeks ago and the outpour of grief has been spectacular and, to a certain extent, unexpected, given how she’d been vilified by some outlets while alive.
Producers in LA want to capitalize on that by coming out with a biopic as soon as possible – and they reportedly want Gaga for the part, who is just dying to give it a shot.
“Lady Gaga worshipped Amy and would love nothing more than to transform herself into her idol on the big screen,” says an unnamed but reportedly well-informed source.
“She’d be spot on performing Amy’s songs and has got the right look and bolshy attitude. Gaga’s been itching to make the transition from music into movies and sees this as the ideal role to launch her film career,” adds the spy.
As per the report, Gaga has been drowning in movie offers for some time, but she’s been putting off producers because she wanted to wait for the perfect role. This is it, the spy claims.
“Gaga’s management team had been discussing possible film ventures before Amy’s untimely death. But there’s only ever been one role she wants and that’s to play Amy,” says the source.
While confirmation of the above is pending, one can at least understand how this rumor came about (assuming it turns out to be unfounded): Gaga has been speaking a lot about Amy recently, even though she never even got to meet her.