Debbie Harry wants Florence Pugh to play her in Blondie biopic
Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry "would be in heaven" if Florence Pugh played her in the biopic about the 1970s and early 1980s rock band.
Debbie Harry wants Florence Pugh to play her in the Blondie biopic.
Two films about the 1970s and early 1980s rock band are in development - a documentary and a biopic, directed by 38 year old Charlotte Wells - and the group's 80-year-old frontwoman thinks the perfect leading star is in Thunderbolts actress Florence, 29.
Debbie told The Times newspaper's Saturday Review magazine: "If it were somebody like Florence Pugh, I would be in heaven.
"I just think she’s a great actor, and she could do anything."
As a sideline to Blondie - which sold over 40 million records and bagged six UK number ones, including Call Me and The Tide Is High - Debbie dabbled in acting in the 1980s.
She played a radio presenter in the 1983 horror-Sci-fi film Videodrome, and starred in the 1989 comedy-romance anthology film New York Stories directed by 82 year old Martin Scorsese.
Filmmaker Ridley Scott, 87, offered Debbie the role of an android called Pris in the 1982 Sci-fi-action film Blade Runner, but she declined because her record label did not want the music legend to take time off.
Debbie - whose character offer went to 64-year-old actress Daryl Hannah - admitted turning down Blade Runner was her "biggest regret", and she thinks acting could have been a bigger part of her career if she had agreed to do the film.
Debbie's ex-husband-and-Blondie guitarist Chris Stein - who entered a relationship with Debbie in 1973, split from her in 1985, but has remained close friends with the star ever since - said: "You should have done it. You got bad advice, basically."
Asked if acting would have become a "bigger part" of Debbie's career if she agreed to Ridley's offer to star in Blade Runner, Debbie said: "Yeah, I think so."
Debbie - who still performs - turned 80 on July 1, and she has no plans of retiring.
The Heart of Glass hitmaker said: "Sometimes when I walk out on stage and there’s such a terrific response, I feel like I’d better stop while I’m ahead.
"But no, it’s still joyful."
