{"id":29235,"date":"2025-07-29T05:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T05:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/29235\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T05:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T05:37:09","slug":"madonna-biopic-will-still-happen-says-star-julia-garner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/29235\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Biopic Will \u2018Still Happen\u2019, Says Star Julia Garner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Photo: Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images for Disney\n <\/p>\n

No one will herald the end<\/a> of the Madonna biopic, Who\u2019s That Girl<\/a>. Despite delays and rumored cancellations, Julia Garner<\/a> set the record straight, confirming that the movie is still happening on the Smartless<\/a> podcast. \u201cI just remembered, were you supposed to play Madonna at some point? Is that going to still happen?\u201d co-host Sean Hayes asked her. \u201cYeah, I mean, that\u2019s supposed to still happen,\u201d Garner replied before explaining how she prepared to audition to play the material girl. \u201cI kind of just wanted to see if I could do it, because I wasn\u2019t a trained dancer,\u201d she explained. \u201cI had to learn how to dance and then dance in front of her and convince her that I can dance, basically, and sing. And sing with her!\u201d She embodied an important phrase, WWMD (What would Madonna do?), as she described her audition techniques that landed her the part: \u201cWhich is convince you that she deserves, you know, to be in this room, and I owned it. I was kind of like, \u2018You can take it or leave it, but if you leave it, if I leave, then that\u2019s on you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Madonna confirmed<\/a> last summer that they were working on rewrites of the script, but beyond that, there\u2019s been no further news like a release date or timeline for the film. Garner does remind us that good things are worth the wait, concluding on the podcast, \u201cI feel like anything that\u2019s great\u2026 takes a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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