Amy Winehouse

Mitch Winehouse has defended Marisa Abela from fans saying she not the right person to play the late singer's character in 'Back to Black'.

Now, an Amy who bears no resemblance and who may not be a singer???” one tweep said. Last week, a first look of actress Marisa Abela as the legendary singer resulted in an upset among fans. Mitch Winehouse has defended Marisa Abela from fans saying she not the right person to play the late singer’s character in ‘Back to Black’. Mitch Winehouse has defended Marisa Abela from fans saying she not the right fit to play the late singer’s character in ‘Back to Black’. Read that an ‘unknown who looked like Amy’ was the goal. “Always felt from the start that Marisa as Amy Winehouse was nepotism.

Amy Winehouse's Dad Mitch Winehouse has defended the casting of the actor playing his late daughter, Marisa Abela, in a forthcoming biopic.

Amy was a brilliant artist with a unique look — she wasn’t a young girl in a wig that wouldn’t go amiss on The Nanny. We know about her violent, toxic marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil, and that she died of alcohol poisoning at the age of 27. The film has yassified her, and made her look like a fragile doll with soft, doe-like features. [Set Pics From The Amy Winehouse Biopic Have Dropped & Fans Are Fuming At The Casting Choice](https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/amy-winehouse-biopic-set-pics/) [NPH Has Finally Apologised (Kinda) After Backlash Over His Grotesque Amy Winehouse Meat Platter](https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/neil-patrick-harris-amy-winehouse-picture/) [Amy Winehouse’s Ex Husband Is Demanding $1.8 Million From Her Estate](https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/amy-winehouse-blake-fielder-civil/) [Amy Winehouse’s Dad Mitch Reckons Her Ghost Is Haunting His House](https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/amy-winehouse-dad-mitch-ghost-haunt/) Why is she being depicted as that? [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2022/07/amy-winehouse-back-to-black-studiocanal-sam-taylor-johnson-1235061572/), it will look at the life and music of his daughter, whose story has already been told in the A24 documentary [Amy](https://www.nme.com/features/a-most-modern-tragedy-why-were-all-to-blame-for-the-death-of-amy-winehouse-756784), which was released in 2015.

Amy Winehouse's father, Mitch Winehouse, has thrown his support behind the controversial casting in the upcoming biopic "Back to Black."

I hate these biopics that stars people who look nothing like the person. “Looks nothing like MY Amy. [James Bond frontrunner](https://nypost.com/2023/01/03/frontrunner-to-replace-daniel-craig-as-james-bond-revealed/) Aaron Taylor-Johnson — is directing, and her “Nowhere Boy” collaborator, screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh, is writing the script. [told TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/23/amy-winehouse-dad-father-mitch-approves-actress-biopic-marisa-abela/) following the release of [first-look images](https://nypost.com/2023/01/13/first-look-of-marisa-abela-as-amy-winehouse-in-biopic-revealed/) from the film. [another wrote](https://twitter.com/imnotrlyadoctor/status/1617655749781643265), referring to the film’s director. [died of alcohol poisoning](https://nypost.com/2011/07/24/amy-winehouse-dead-at-27-overdose-eyed/) at the age of 27 in 2011.

Mitch Winehouse hit back at the criticism, hailing Abela as a 'great choice' for the film.

The actress has been selected to portray the late singer in Back to Black, an upcoming film based on the life of Amy Winehouse, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.

Back to Black will feature many of Amy’s hit songs, and the biopic has the full support of Universal Music Group, Sony Music Publishing and the Amy Winehouse Estate. First images of British actress Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse for the biopic of the late singer, called The actress has been selected to portray the late singer in Back to Black, an upcoming film based on the life of Amy Winehouse, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.

Filming has started for the new biopic of the late singer who is portrayed by Abela.

Just like we do Amy.” Taylor-Johnson added: “I am fully aware of the responsibility. she was genius.” placed on looks”. Another added: “On top of everything else, this actress looks NOTHING like amy winehouse?” “Sam taylor johnson looks more like amy winehouse than the lead actress does,” a third chimed.

Amy Winehouse's father Mitch Winehouse has defended Marisa Abela playing his late daughter in the movie biopic Back to Black.

The casting of Marisa Abela as Winehouse in Black To Black has been criticised by fans who say that the Industry actor bears little resemblance to the late ...

[Focus Features](https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/back-to-black_announcement)): “Back To Black will focus on Amy’s extraordinary genius, creativity and honesty that infused everything she did. Fielder-Civil has previously been accused of introducing Winehouse to drugs. [John Lennon](https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/tag/john-lennon) biopic Nowhere Boy, has reunited with that film’s scriptwriter Matt Greenhalgh on Back To Black. [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2023/01/jack-oconnell-eddie-marsan-lesley-manville-studiocanal-focus-amy-winehouse-back-to-black-1235227675/), Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) has also joined the cast of Back To Black as Amy’s maternal grandmother. [ has signed up to play Winehouse’s former husband Blake Fielder-Civil](https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/jack-o-connell-to-play-blake-fielder-civil-amy-winehouse-biopic-back-to-black-cast-26072/). [Amy Winehouse](http://rollingstone.co.uk/tag/amy-winehouse), has defended a forthcoming biopic of his daughter’s life.

It's only been a week since Sam Taylor-Johnson's Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black began filming in London, but the backlash has already come thick and fast.

[destroying her demos ](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/01/amy-winehouss-demos-label-boss-destroyed-them)so that nobody could attempt to cash in on her works-in-progress. Ultimately, it feels as if Back to Black is symptomatic of an entertainment industry that refuses to let the dead rest. Adding to Hollywood’s interest in these kinds of films is the fact that celebrities themselves seem to be champing at the bit to play tragic stars, perhaps because of how well those roles play with awards bodies – Spears slammed Millie Bobby Brown for saying she wanted to play her in a biopic, while The White Lotus star Theo James has been talking about his interest in portraying George Michael in a forthcoming project, [which Michael’s estate has disavowed](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/17/george-michael-estate-denies-endorsing-biopic). The crowd-pleasing imperatives of big-budget biopics too often attempt to have it both ways when it comes to portraying tragedy and success: [I Wanna Dance With Somebody,](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/dec/21/i-wanna-dance-with-somebody-review-whitney-houston-biopic) the recent Whitney Houston biopic, ends with the late musician drawing the bath that she would die in before fading to a flashback of a past performance, a strangely wan and strikingly inelegant final note. In recent years, many stars of Winehouse’s stature have disclosed similar struggles with drug abuse and disordered eating to those experienced by the singer during her lifetime. In recent years, Winehouse’s troubled life and entirely preventable death have become emblematic of the ways that the entertainment and media industries fail young stars.

Fans of singer Amy Winehouse have vowed not to watch the biopic of the singer, after seeing pictures from the set of the film, which show a distressed Amy ...

[Filming began earlier this month](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/amy-winehouse-star-seen-set-28966312) and fans have already been given their first look [at Marisa's portrayal](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/first-image-amy-winehouse-actress-28950571), with [set photos showing her](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/amy-winehouse-goes-rehab-biopic-29000241) sporting Amy's signature hairstyle. [Sam Taylor-Johnson](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/sam-taylor-wood) - whose credits include the [John Lennon](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/john-lennon) biopic Nowhere Boy. [Set pictures](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/amy-winehouses-biopic-sees-blake-29008826) from Back to Black show actor Jack O'Connell, as Amy's husband Blake Fielder-Civil, being taken away by police in handcuffs, with Marisa Abela's Amy distressed. And when all is said and done, that’s what we are left with." Let Amy Winehouse rest in peace !!" One of the photos from the filming of the film shows Marisa up close to the police vehicle. Who even asked for that?" Another added: "I’m so sick of biopics & trauma-porn. [Eddie Marsan](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/eddie-marsan), 54 - added: "It will be amazing for fans to relive her genius and introduce her music to a whole new generation." It was completely unnecessary. [Mirror:](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/amy-winehouses-dad-says-family-29002804) "It's something we're excited about as a family because it will concentrate on Amy's talent. [Amy Winehouse](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/amy-winehouse) biopic which depict a harrowing time in the singer's life have sparked backlash.

Sam Taylor-Johnson's biopic on Amy Winehouse's life has only just started production but is already causing a backlash.

But her fame was marred by troubles with drugs, alcohol and an eating disorder, most of them well documented by an unforgiving and exploitative press, and she tragically passed away in 2009 at the age of 27 due to alcohol poisoning. It comes on the heels of a slew of fictionalisations, some lauded, like Elvis and Rocketman, some slammed, like Her short life has become a symbol of both the devastating effects of substance abuse and the relentlessness to which the public and press lambast young women in the spotlight to the point of destruction. Since then, there's been a steady stream of on-set pictures of Abela, decked in iconic Winehouse garb of tattoos, heavy eyeliner and unmistakeable sky-high beehive, as well as Eddie Marsan as her father Mitch and [Jack O'Connell](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jack-o-connell-the-north-water-interview) as former husband Blake Fielder-Civil. Winehouse rose to fame in the early 2000s for her distinctive bassy jazz voice, racking up Grammy nominations and accolades. To say the response has been swift is an understatement.

The biopic of Amy Winehouse's life is already drawing criticism despite it is still in the development phase. #AmyWinehouse.

And when all is said and done, that's what we are left with." [expressed](https://twitter.com/cheyenenorah/status/1616935528166735872?s=20) their disgust, saying, "I'm so sick of biopics & trauma-porn. He attempted to assault a bartender before planning to pay him with $220,000 so that he would not testify. "Amy loved championing artists so she would have been so excited to see what Marisa will bring to the role and would be very supportive of her." Let Amy Winehouse rest in peace !!" However, Amy Winehouse's father recently stated that their entire family is thrilled about the impending film that would "relive her genius," despite the fact that certain admirers of the "Rehab" hitmaker are certain not to watch the biopic and to trash on it.

The 26-year-old actress has been cast as Amy Winehouse in 'Back to Black', and Mitch believes she's the perfect candidate for the role, insisting it doesn't ...

The 26-year-old actress has been cast as Amy Winehouse in 'Back to Black', and Mitch believes she's the perfect candidate for the role, insisting it doesn't ...