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Sunday, April 27, 2025

Julia Garner’s Been Offered the Role of Madonna in Biopic But She MUSTN’T Accept It

Madonna wants Emmy winner Julia Garner to play her in her biopic. She’s made a splashy offer public today.

But Garner MUST NOT take this job. I’ll explain why. Just because you’re asked doesn’t mean you have to accept.

Madonna is directing this movie herself from a script by her and Diablo Cody. So far, in the last four decades, Madonna has proven herself to be a terrible director and a very poor dramatic actress. Anything else described is utter lunacy.

The last couple of movies Madonna directed are the stinkers of all time. They were her remake of “Swept Away” and her original film called “Filth and Wisdom.” They were critical and box office failures. They were actually laughable. So was her reinvention of “Swept Away,” which led to her divorce from husband/director Guy Ritchie.

Garner must put an end to this madness. Her work on “Ozark” and “Inventing Anna” was exquisite. She doesn’t need a “Mommie Dearest” type debacle to follow her around for the rest of her career. Madonna has zero objectivity about her own life and career, and no taste when it comes to making a film. She’s a great pop star, but that’s it.

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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