Lady Gaga won't be a part of Dionne Warwick biopic
Lady Gaga's publicist has shot down reports suggesting the pop star has been cast as late British singer Cilla Black in a new biopic.
Dionne Warwick sparked the rumors at a Cannes Film Festival press conference on Friday (13May16), while announcing details of her new movie Dionne.
The Walk on By singer revealed the movie will chronicle her battles
with her "nemesis" Black, before revealing the cast.
Gaga's name even appeared appeared alongside former Destiny's Child
star LaToya Luckett, who will portray Warwick, on a promotional
poster unveiled before the media at Cannes.
But the Poker Face star's camp insists Gaga will not be playing
Cilla in the film.
"Lady Gaga is not attached and will not appear in the project," her
publicist told Variety. "Reports of Gaga starring in the project
are false."
Warwick's representatives have yet to comment on the drama.
The movie will be based on Warwick's 2010 autobiography My Life, As
I See It.
Speaking at the press conference on Friday, Dionne admitted there
was a period where she hated beloved singer Cilla, who died in
Spain last year (15), explaining, "She stole my music, and I was
not a very happy camper about that... Over the years, we grew up
and understood each other. It all got cleared away."
Danny Glover is set to play Dionne's father Lee Warwick in the
biopic, while Olympia Dukakis has been cast as German-American
singer Marlene Dietrich, who Warwick has always described as her
mentor.
Warwick added, "This is my 57th year in this business, and I have
been asked, 'When are you gonna let us know about this? Tell us
about that?' It's finally at the point where instead of what you
think you know about Dionne Warwick, now you will know."