British singer Boy George recently announced that the MGM Studios production company was working on a film about his life, under the direction of director Sacha Gervasi, in continuation of the biographical films whose most recent protagonist was Elton John, with "Rocketman ". billboard.
Although he did not give more details, the singer of "Culture Club" revealed Monday in an interview with the radio program Fitzy & Wippa that he would like it to be there. actress Sophie Turner, with whom he has a great resemblance, who embodies him.
"(People will say) she can not interpret you, she's a woman, you know, but when I was 17 years old, I would have loved to be her," he said. Sansa performer in the recently completed HBO "Game of Thrones" series.
According to the artist, whose real name is George O 'Dowd, the star of "Dark Phoenix" would do an outstanding job of representing him in the film, even if it would probably bother some people. "I think it's going to bother people, something that I really like … (People will say)" Oh, she can not interpret you, she's a woman, "she said. she said, but the singer does not seem to care, especially because Sophie lives her teenage dream. "When I was 17, I would have liked to be her", he revealed.
After listening to the kind words Boy George had to say about him, Turner immediately connected on Twitter to express his interest in the role.
In addition to the inevitable criticisms that would accompany the fact that it is a woman who interprets it, the great similarity between the two artists has given us a lot of discussion before. Answering some of the most-searched questions on the web for Wired earlier this month, the actress said, "I met him and his brother, and they said I thought he was good," he said. he declared.
The MGM would not be the first film to portray the life of the singer considered a fundamental figure of the 80s music scene. In 2010, the British BBC launched "Worried about the boy" with Douglas Booth.
