Emma Roberts wants to play Britney Spears in a feature film based on Spears' recent memoir The woman inside meAfter Spears' former assistant Felicia Cullotta reportedly suggested Roberts play the iconic singer, the actress confirmed the role would be her “dream.”
“I said to myself, 'I'd love to help her,'” Roberts said. Cosmo“I mean, it’s my real dream to play Britney Spears. It’s a rumor, but I hope it comes true. I mean, I remember locking myself in my room and listening to In the area “I can't leave this room until I have memorized every word,” he said.
She added that she could sing the entire 2003 album if asked. “I mean, I sing Britney songs to my son in the bathroom all the time. I'm like, 'Oh my God, he must think I'm weird.' That's the way millennials parent,” Roberts said.
Earlier this month, Universal Pictures acquired the rights to the film, a dramatic adaptation of Spears' 2023 memoir. Producer Marc Platt and evil Filmmaker John Chu has been hired to develop the film. No writers or cast have been announced.
According to reports from ankleThe film will be produced on the basis of The woman inside meThe book was released last October. Spears's book, which quickly became a bestseller, detailed her grueling 13-year conservatorship, her parenting, her complicated relationships with her ex-partners, and how her connection to music changed forever.
The film follows the unofficial 2017 biopic. Britney Ever Afterwhich aired on Lifetime. At the time, Spears' rep told me, Entertainment Weekly Spears will not “contribute in any way to the Lifetime biopic…that is not endorsed by her.”
At the time of Spears' conservatorship's end, Spears' life was also the subject of several documentaries, including New York Times And foreign currencies Framing Britney Spears And Netflix Britney vs Spears.
Roberts recently appeared in the Marvel spinoff Madam Web And a comedy movie Space studentShe also starred in the FX series American Horror Story: Sensitivethe second half of which concluded in April.
