If there are a few certainties in the film industry, one is this; Hollywood loves the underdog. Mickey Rourke’s acting resurrection in 2008 has made that crystal clear. If you believe the sources at The Sun, who we’ll humor, then it appears Universal Pictures wants to take the troubled artist challenge and multiple it by 10, as sources are reporting that singer Amy Winehouse has been offered a role in a film.
Winehouse would play a music teacher in a public school, taking advantage of her singing skills. The film, which is compared to “Dangerous Minds”, would possibly co-star Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Insert your version of a joke where the students ask Miss Winehouse why she is snorting all the chalk here.
The Sun also claims that Winehouse has been offered lessons from acting coach Matt Ryan of the Royal Academy of Music Theatre Department in London, not to be confused with the Atlanta Falcons quarterback. But wouldn’t it be more fun it were?
Winehouse would only be offered the role if she were to continue drug rehabilitation and maintain a healthy state of mind. “You can’t have a teacher looking like a scrawny crack addict ,” the source stated. Maybe it’s just us but doesn’t Winehouse seem like the perfect candidate for subject of an Oscar-caliber biopic a decade from now? It would be this generation’s answer to “Sid and Nancy.” No doubt young actresses like Miranda Cosgrove are keeping their fingers crossed that a script is sent their way soon.