Julia Garner has confirmed she will be portraying Madonna in her new biopic despite a series of delays leaving the film in question.
The American actress, 31, revealed that she will definitely be starring as the Queen of Pop and that it is currently ‘a work in progress’.
Julia enthusiastically told W Magazine: ‘Yeah! I can’t say too much about it, but yes, it’s a work in progress’.
As far as the Ozark stars favourite Madonna songs, she added: ‘I love Borderline, that’s probably my favourite. I also love Papa Don’t Preach. I love Burning Up. I love Confessions on a Dance Floor. I grew up with that album. Obviously Vogue, and Ray of Light.
‘I love all of Madonna basically is what I’m trying to say,’ Garner continued. ‘But definitely, I think Borderline and Papa Don’t Preach are probably my two favourite Madonna songs. And I just love Madonna’s voice on Papa Don’t Preach. There’s a lot of emotions in that song and I love that.’
Julia signed on to the project last year which has been in development since 2020, with Madonna, 66, slated to direct and write the film.
Julia Garner has confirmed she will be portraying Madonna in her new biopic despite a series of delays leaving the film in question
The American actress, 31, revealed that she will definitely be starring as the Queen of Pop and that it is currently ‘a work in progress’
But the movie appeared to have been put on the back burner as no further progress was ever announced.
Last month, Julia spoke on the SmartLess podcast with Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes and confirmed the film is in the works and recalled having to dance in front of Madonna during her audition.
She said: ‘I kind of just wanted to see if I could do it.
‘I wasn’t a trained dancer and I had to learn how to dance and then dance in front of [Madonna] and convince her that I can dance, basically, and sing. And sing with her!
‘I just thought what would Madonna do, which is convince you that she deserves to be in this room, and I owned it. I was like, “You can take it or leave it. But if you leave it, then that’s on you.”‘
On the film’s delays, she added: ‘Anything that’s great, takes a long time.’
Madonna has been persistent in her years-long effort to have a movie about her life made.
In 2023 she got to work on a biopic called Who’s That Girl, a nod to her 1987 film and song of the same name.
Julia enthusiastically said: ‘Yeah! I can’t say too much about it, but yes, it’s a work in progress’; Julia pictured onstage with Madonna during her Celebration Tour in 2023
Julia signed on to the project last year which has been in development since 2020, with Madonna, 66, slated to direct and write the film
The film was initially developed with Diablo Cody as co-writer of the screenplay, which was then titled Little Sparrow.
However, Madonna pivoted her focus to zero in on her international Celebration tour.
Then, last year Madonna wrote most of the film with Erin Cressida Wilson, and eyed Garner to portray her.
Last November, Madonna used social media to air out her frustration over road blocks in her pursuit to bring her film to life.
She wrote on Instagram: ‘After struggling for days in LA, listening to producers and agents tell me why I couldn’t make my film, I realized that everything in my life is going to be challenged.’
The renowned performer noted she had ‘been working on it for four years,’ with people insisting that she should ‘downsize, down scale, think smaller.’
The lengthy caption continued: ‘No easy rides for me. I guess I should be grateful. It forces me to think outside the box. I did not have a normal life. I cannot make this in the normal way.’
Madonna explained that she felt a sense of renewed motivation after spending time with loved ones: ‘Spending time with my creative friends was just the fuel I needed to keep going!
‘We all agreed that we need to be even more fearless!!! Art =Survival We cannot shrink and make ourselves smaller. If you want something badly enough in life, the whole universe will conspire to help you get it.’
She then turned to her nearly 20 million followers to ask: ‘Should I make the story of my life into a series or a feature film?’
