Mark Ronson defends new Amy Winehouse movie ‘Back to Black’
Mark Ronson has spoken out in support of the controversial Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, the upcoming Sam Taylor-Johnson film named after the iconic album he produced.
Speaking at the Critics’ Choice Awards, Ronson, who is not attached to the film, said he was “looking forward to seeing it” after reading its dialogue.
“The only thing I know about the film is I know Sam [Taylor-Johnson] quite well,” he said. “And I read the script, and I feel what it did really nicely was [that] I was reminded of [Winehouse’s] humour, and it really caught that well.”
He continued: “I think she just had this whip-smart razor sense of humour, which is one of her many gifts, and they got that very nice in the film.”
The biopic promises to be an “unapologetic look at the woman behind the phenomenon and the relationship that inspired one of the most legendary albums of all time,” but is already drawing criticism after a teaser trailer was released earlier this week.
Back to Black will star Maris Abela as Winehouse, Eddie Marsan as her father, Mitch, Juliet Cowan as her mother, Janis, Lesley Manville as her grandmother Cynthia, and Jack O’Connell as her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil.
Although Abela’s turn as Winehouse is being critiqued, in a press statement, Taylor-Johnson said: “Discovering a talent like Marisa Abela is akin to finding gold dust. The moment she looked into the lens at her first audition, I knew she was the perfect actor to play Amy Winehouse.”
Watch the teaser trailer for Back to Black below.
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