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Latest News: Amy Winehouse Inspires 2024 Movie Back to Black

Playing Amy Winehouse in the new biopic Back to Black came with “an obligation and a responsibility” to tell her story accurately, according to British actor Marisa Abela.

Now in theaters, Back to Black stars 27-year-old Abela as the late singer and chronicles Winehouse’s life and music career, including her battles with drug addiction and bulimia.

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In addition to months of vocal training for the role, Abela underwent a physical transformation and lost a significant amount of weight in order to give a realistic portrayal.

“When you are a different size, you take up a lot less space and that just changes how you interact with the world and how the world interacts with you,” Abela told Harper’s Bazaar UK.

“I think Amy can be defined by a million things, most of all her power and her voice and her legacy, but it’s true that she was victim of a disease, which was addiction, and she had