Amy Adams has been selected to play the legendary singer in a biopic pic being made by Fernando Meirelles. Adams, who at 36 is one year shy of a decade older than Joplin when she died, will have to deliver one hell of a performance to pull off playing Janis. Meirelles, the Brazilian director that earned an Academy Award nomination for City Of God and a Golden Globe nod for The Constant Gardener, has been working behind the scenes to bring this project forward for some time. Adams, an actress that got her first big break by nailing a Best Supporting Actress nomination when she portrayed Ashley Johnsten in the indie surprise hit Junebug in 2005 and starred in the 2007 Disney movie Enchanted, seems like an unlikely choice to capture the range of emotions Janis could evoke on and off stage.
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