Pathe has released the first main trailer for JUDY starring Renée Zellweger portraying legendary actress Judy Garland in the upcoming film. You can see her amazing transformation in the video player below:
For her upcoming movie Judy, Renée Zellweger has undergone a complete physical transformation to look like the Hollywood legend Judy Garland. To prepare for the role, the Oscar winner took music lessons, studied choreography and read up about the actress and singer, who shot to fame in 1939 when she played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz but struggled later in life.
Here’s the official synopsis for the movie: Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in THE WIZARD OF OZ, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of romance seem undimmed as she embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans, her soon-to-be fifth husband. And yet Judy is fragile.
After working for 45 of her 47 years, she is exhausted; haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood; and gripped by a desire to be back home with her kids. Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love and the sheer pizzazz of “the world’s greatest entertainer”.
The biopic has been directed by British stage director Rupert Goold. The film also stars Rufus Sewell as Sidney Luft, Michael Gambon as Bernard Delfont, Finn Wittrock as Mickey Deans and Jesse Buckley as Roslyn Wilder.
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JUDY will be arriving in cinemas October 4th.
