After months of research, and a talent pool that included other big stars, Variety brings word that Inventing Anna Other ozark star julia Garner was offered the lead role in the Madonna biopic, which the Grammy-winning singer will direct. According to the trade, Garner should “take the offer”. Others who were vying for the role include Black Widow‘s Florence Pugh plus Alexa Demie (euphoria), Odessa young (Mother’s Sunday), and Emma Laird (Kingstown Mayor)
Per Variety, the film will follow the early days of the controversial artist and the aptly crowned queen of pop. Amy Pascal will be producing the project, with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley nabbing the script after a multi-studio bidding war. Madonna is set to be a co-writer on the script and will also be directing the film.
The film will mark Madonna’s third feature film as a director, having directed Filth and Wisdom in 2008 and WE in 2011. Madonna released her first solo single in 1982 and earned her first single at # 1 in the US just two years later with “Come una Vergine”. During her decades of career, Madonna has received 28 Grammy nominations and won seven awards. In 2016 she was awarded the Guinness World Record as the best-selling female artist of all time with 305 million albums sold.
Last month, ET spoke to Madonna’s longtime friend, actress, Debi Mazar, about the biopic and what she thinks about Julia Fox reportedly being pegged to play her in the upcoming film.
“First of all, Madonna is still writing and she’s not casting it just yet,” Mazar maintained. “Julia Fox is just lovely. I have never met her, but she was fantastic in Uncut Gems, and I interviewed her once, and she’s beautiful.”
She continued, “To me, she actually looks more like Madonna to me, than me. So, maybe she’s going to play Madonna, so, who knows?”
While casting is currently unknown, Mazar said she knows her friend will “choose the right person.”
