Sofia Coppola 'would love to' make a movie about Britney Spears
Hollywood director Sofia Coppola has admitted she's become fascinated by Britney Spears' life story and is keen to make a movie based on the singer.
Sofia Coppola "would love to" make a movie about Britney Spears.
The Hollywood director has admitted she's become fascinated with the pop star's life story - reading her memoir The Woman In Me and rewatching her old interviews - and would be keen to bring Britney's tragic tale to the big screen.
Speaking about the notorious pictures of Spears with a shaved head bashing a paparazzo's car with an umbrella during a public breakdown in 2007, Coppola told ELLE magazine: "I thought it was such a punk moment ... She’s become this symbol of women’s rights. That would never happen to a man."
When asked about a movie version of the singer's life, the director admits she fears Wicked director Jon Chu has beaten her to the Britney story.
She said: "Supposedly Jon Chu is doing it, but I hope - yeah, I would love to do that story."
Coppola added: "I try not to analyze it too much, when I’m into something".
Elsewhere in the interview, Coppola revealed she's shelved her new Kirsten Dunst movie because "it felt too sad".
She had been planning to reunite with the actress - who she previously worked with on The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette and The Beguiled - for the mysterious project which was said to tell the story of a real life historical figure.
However, Coppola has revealed she's stopped work on the movie because it didn't feel like the right time for it.
She told ELLE: "It felt too sad. It’s confusing in these dark times. I want to offer some hope and beauty in the world, but then you also don’t want to do something shallow, because it feels like a time for deep things."
Dunst previously opened up about the movie in an interview with Vogue revealing it was going to be a period piece which would be shot in the United States in 2026. When asked if she would be playing a "real life person", the actress replied: "Yes, but not someone who I’d consider famous."
Dunst added: "I know she’s writing something else too, so we’re not quite there yet in terms of a start date."
