Selena Gomez to Play Linda Ronstadt in Biopic – Billboard

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It's easy to imagine Selena Gomez in her next role. The singer and actress will play Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic, according to Great Eastern Music, a music publisher founded by John Boylan, the “Blue Bayou” singer's manager.

“The long-rumored Linda Ronstadt biopic is now in the works. “Selena Gomez is set to play Linda,” says the announcement on the site’s “Current Projects” page. “The two recently spent a few hours at Linda’s house To discuss the project and get to know each other.”

According to Great Eastern Music, the film will be produced by James Keach (who also produced the Oscar-winning Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the lineRonstadt's Grammy Award-winning documentary, Voice sound), with Boylan. The film's title has not been revealed.

Ronstadt also appears to have confirmed the news in his book Instagram accountHe posted screenshots of the reports in his stories diverse And Rolling Stone That Gomez will film it. The “You're No Good” singer also shared it. Verified Facebook page One of those reports, which he commented on: “It all started with a simple dream.”

painting She had not received any response from representatives for Boylan or Gomez at the time of publishing this post.

Fan speculation about Gomez's new role began on Tuesday (January 9) after the “Single Short” singer posted a photo of Ronstadt's book Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir in Your Instagram Stories. An hour later, the star Murders only in the building She announced on the same platform that she would be taking a short break from social media to focus on “what really matters,” with the message written over a photo of her boyfriend Benny Blanco.

It's not hard to see why Gomez would be a good fit for the role. According to the star herself, she looks like the winner of 11 Grammy Awards. “They always told me I looked like her,” Gomez said in 2015 during an appearance. On Air with Ryan Seacrest. “And I started listening to his music because of that.”