If things had gone a little differently, the cast of
Sia’
s upcoming movie,
Music,
might have included
Katy Perry
…or even
Beyoncé
.
Speaking to Australia’s
NOVA FM,
Sia said that the screenplay for the film called for a “pop star,” so she asked her friend Katy Perry to play the role. But then a week before the scene was set to be filmed, Katy bailed out, saying she had too many other things going on.
“So I quickly sent [the script] off to Beyoncé,” Sia continued. “They got it, but I didn’t get a response, and it was only two days before the shoot of that scene. “So I was like, ‘I need a pop star! Ohmigod, I need a pop star! Wait:
I’m
a pop star!”
Which is why Sia ended up appearing in the movie, which she also directed and co-wrote. According to
one review
, she plays a version of herself who’s buying pills from Zu,
Kate Hudson
‘s character.
So far, the overall
reviews
of the film — which in addition to Hudson also stars
Leslie Odom Jr
.,
Héctor Elizondo
and
Maddie Ziegler
— have been less than enthusiastic, but you can judge for yourself when it’s released in the U.S. next month.
By Andrea Dresdale
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