Britney Spears’ Memoirs Are Being Adapted Into a Movie, and Here’s Who Could Play the Lead Role

People
3 months ago

Britney Spears’ memoir “The Woman in Me” became a bestseller in 2023, where she revealed all her deepest secrets. This summer, it was announced that a biopic based on Britney’s memoir is in the works, and people are already debating which actress will be cast in the lead role.

Brtiney Spears in 2009 Teen Choice Awards.
KENNELL KRISTA/SIPA/EAST NEWS

In 2023, Britney Spears wrote a memoir titled “The Woman in Me.” In it, she candidly recounted the events of her life. In the memoir the singer shares, “I’d been eyeballed so much growing up. I’d been looked up and down, had people telling me what they thought of my body, since I was a teenager”. For Britney becoming bald was a kind of protest act, “Shaving my head and acting out were my ways of pushing back.”

Britney Spears holding her son in her arms in a night appearance.
BIGPICTURESPHOTO.COM/EAST NEWS

Britney also opened up about the control she had in her life. The singer writes in her memoir that it made her “sick” that her father and his associates had control of her body, and explains that while living under their rules, she lost her passion for performing.

“I would do little bits of creative stuff here and there, but my heart wasn’t in it anymore. As far as my passion for singing and dancing, it was almost a joke at that point,” she writes. “Thirteen years went by with me feeling like a shadow of myself.”

On August 1, 2024, Universal Pictures announced that they had acquired the rights to the memoir and that a film about Britney’s life is currently in development. An official casting decision has not been announced yet, but people on the internet have already compiled lists of actresses who could play the star.

10. Sabrina Carpenter

Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection/East News

9. Tate McRae

8. Millie Bobby Brown

7. Sydney Sweeney

Collin Xavier / Image Press Agency ABACA / Abaca / East News

6. Bella Thorne

5. Dove Cameron

4. Elle Fanning

Collin Xavier/Image Press Agency ABACA/Abaca/East News

3. Florence Pugh

FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/East News

2. Grace Van Dien

1. Madelyn Cline

Another online debate concerns the next Bond girl, with people speculating which Hollywood beauty could play the spy’s companion in the new film.

Preview photo credit milliebobbybrown / Instagram, Collin Xavier/Image Press Agency ABACA/Abaca/East News, madelyncline / Instagram

Comments

Get notifications
Lucky you! This thread is empty,
which means you've got dibs on the first comment.
Go for it!

Related Reads