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Sam Taylor-Johnson says she and her husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson "couldn't fathom the fascination" with their 24-year age gap. The 'Back to Black' director, 57, married the 'Fall Guy' actor, 34, in 2012, three years after they met on the set of 'Nowhere Boy', and the couple didn't understand why people were so obsessed with their ages for a while. Appearing on BBC Radio 4's 'This Cultural Life', she said: "I guess that interest was more when we got together, which was now 14 years – at the beginning, was quite intense. "And that sort of fascination, because he's younger than me, which you know...
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Sam Taylor-Johnson would love to see Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the next James Bond The 57-year-old director has been married to 'Avengers' star Aaron, 33, since 2012 and while she did not confirm or deny the rumours that her husband will be the next Hollywood star to head up the '007' franchise, admitted it would be "amazing" to see him take on the role of the titular spy. She told 'Entertainment Tonight': "I mean it would be amazing, let's see. Of course!" The moviemaker has made a career out of directing biopics like 'Nowhere Boy' and more recently 'Back to Black' - which is based on the life ...
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Marisa Abela felt it was essential for women to have the main roles behind the camera on 'Back to Black'. The 27-year-old star plays the tragic singer Amy Winehouse in Sam Taylor-Johnson's biopic and thinks that the female involvement was important for the sake of a balanced depiction of the 'Love Is a Losing Game' artist. Marisa told IndieWire: "I think that it was very helpful that almost every single head of department on our film is a woman. You have a female director, a female DoP, female costume, female hair and makeup, female set designers. "It was crazy. And what that meant was I didn'...
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Amy Winehouse's best friend believes the late singer would be "fuming" over new biopic 'Back To Black'. Tyler James has hit out at director Sam Taylor-Johnson's "dreadful" new movie, insisting it resembled a "fantasy" and his friend "deserved a lot better" because the biopic didn't show the Amy he knew and loved. He told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “I wish Amy could have seen it. She’d be fuming. Amy deserved a lot better. She was a superstar. “I was not expecting it to be realistic or completely accurate. But it was worse than I thought it would be. It was dreadful and does not do her justi...
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Sam Taylor-Johnson wanted to reclaim "agency" for Amy Winehouse in the biopic 'Back to Black'. The 57-year-old director has helmed the film about the life of the tragic singer and wanted to place Amy's accomplishments – rather than her troubled life and untimely death aged 27 in 2011 – at the centre of the picture. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Sam said: "Everything that she had achieved was being eclipsed by the tragedy of how her life ended. "In listening to her music, it was full of paradox and nuance in a way that seemed to have been neglected. I wanted to take her to a place where s...
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Sam Taylor-Johnson insists the age difference between herself and husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson is "never" noticeable in their relationship. The 'Back to Black' filmmaker - who married her spouse in 2012, three years after they met on the set of 'Nowhere Boy' - is 24 years older than the 'Nosferatu' actor and though she acknowledged that makes them "a bit of anomaly" compared to most other couples, she doesn't understand why it's still a big deal. Asked if their age gap ever shows in terms of different interests or reference points, she told The Guardian's Saturday magazine: “No, it never does....
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Marisa Abela had to do "justice" to Amy Winehouse in 'Back to Black'. The 27-year-old star plays the late singer in Sam Taylor-Johnson's biopic and said that respect for the 'Tears Dry on Their Own' artist was at the heart of her performance – particularly when she got to met Winehouse's parents Mitch and Janis on set. Speaking at the movie's world premiere in London on Monday (08.04.24), Marisa said: "Once I was on set I was really trying to stay focused on the job at hand because at the end of the day the most important thing is that we try and do justice to Amy in this film. "It requires a ...
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Sam Taylor-Johnson didn't want to cast an "impersonator" as Amy Winehouse in 'Back to Black'. The 57-year-old filmmaker has helmed the new biopic about the late singer and opted to cast Marisa Abela in the lead role as she didn't try to imitate Amy's appearance in her audition. Sam told the BBC: "There were many brilliant impersonators and people that looked like her or sounded like her. But Marisa came in as herself, she was the only one in the audition process who didn't try to look like her in any way, earrings, eyeliner or anything." The 'Nowhere Boy' director revealed that she wanted to m...
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Jack O'Connell has insisted 'Back to Black' is a "celebration" of Amy Winehouse. The 33-year-old star plays the late singer's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil in director Sam Taylor-Johnson's upcoming biopic and while the project has faced criticism for being "tasteless" and coming just 13 years after the 'Rehab' hitmaker's death at the age of 27, the actor thinks the backlash is unfair. He told Sunday Times Culture magazine: “What is the acceptable timescale of that? Put it like this: if we were trying to portray her in any form of negative light, then that might be a valid point and I can unde...
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Sam Taylor-Johnson has backed her husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson to be the next James Bond. The 33-year-old actor is rumoured to be lined up to take over from Daniel Craig after The Sun newspaper reported he had been handed a "formal offer" from Bond bosses but Aaron has yet to confirm or deny the rumours and there's still no hint over whether he would accept the job - and now his director wife Sam has weighed in and insisted he would be a good fit for the role. During an appearance on 'The Jonathan Ross Show', Sam was asked about rumours suggesting she has an interest in the next Bond film and ...
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