P!nk Says Her Janis Joplin Movie Was Never Made Because of Hollywood Sexism: ‘Harder to Get a Biopic Done About a Female’ (Video)
thewrap.comSpheeris called it “the most gratifying moment in my film career.” So what happened?With the gift of hindsight, the Grammy-winning singer in part blamed Hollywood sexism for why the project – and others like it – still hasn’t been made. “I think that it’s a lot harder to get a biopic done about a female, that’s why we don’t have that many,” P!nk said.Sitting with “The Howard Stern Show” in promotion of her new album “Trustfall” on Thursday, P!nk was asked point blank what happened to the project.“I’ve seen you do Janis Joplin, and you do it better than anybody,” Stern began. “Those are tough songs to sing.
What happened with that project?”“Yeah, you know, I think it’s, uh, I think honestly Janis doesn’t want it made,” P!nk responded, alluding to the other failed iterations of a Joplin biopic over the years. (Also in the mix in 2004 was Joplin biopic from Paramount and Lakeshore titled “Piece of My Heart” starring Renée Zellweger, and there have been many others.)“I think there’s a lot of things that go into that.
I think that it’s a lot harder to get a biopic done about a female, that’s why we don’t have that many,” P!nk continued. “And also, I just don’t think that Janis wants it made.
There was some – Linda Perry was once slated to play Janis. Brittany Murphy. There’s been so many people. I mean, there has to have been at least 10 projects that didn’t fly.” Gesturing to the sky wistfully, P!nk explained, “And to me, that’s, like, that’s a bigger … Janis wasn’t happy.
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