{"id":341739,"date":"2026-03-12T04:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/341739\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T04:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:13:10","slug":"billie-eilish-eyeing-film-acting-debut-in-the-bell-jar-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/341739\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Eilish Eyeing Film Acting Debut in ‘The Bell Jar’ Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBillie Eilish<\/a> might be coming for her third Oscar \u2014 and this time, it could be for acting.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Wednesday (March 11), The Insneider<\/a> reported rumors of Eilish being in talks to make her acting debut in a film<\/a> adaptation of Sylvia Plath\u2019s The Bell Jar with Oscar-winning actor and director Sarah Polley (Women Talking, Away From Her) set to direct. Deadline<\/a> has since confirmed the report.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film will be produced in partnership with Joy Gorman Wettels (13 Reasons Why), Plan B Entertainment, and StudioCanal. Focus Features is closing a deal to be the film\u2019s U.S. distributor.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe novel \u2014 the only one ever written by Plath \u2014 is a semiautobiographical tale of a young woman\u2019s descent into madness while working a magazine internship in 1950s New York City. Plath died by suicide a month after the book\u2019s U.K. release.<\/p>\n

\n\tPolley, who won the 2023 Academy Award for best adapted screenplay for Women Talking, will adapt the story for the big screen. Eilish is in talks to play the lead character of Esther Greenwood.<\/p>\n

\n\tThough this is Eilish\u2019s first film role, she has tried her hand at acting before. In 2023, the \u201cBad Guy\u201d singer made her acting debut in an episode of Donald Glover (a.k.a Childish Gambino) and Janine Nabers\u2019 Amazon Prime limited series Swarm. In the episode, Eilish portrayed the leader of a women\u2019s empowerment cult that lures the main character, Dre (Dominique Fishback), into her charming clutches. In a 2023 Variety<\/a> interview, the singer shared that acting was one of her childhood dreams. However, as she began to make waves with her music, she put aside her acting dreams due to fear that she was not good at it.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s always been a deep thing that I\u2019ve been reluctant to talk about because I thought I was really bad,\u201d she said in the interview.<\/p>\n

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