Emma Roberts would count herself “Lucky” to step into Britney Spears‘ shoes for the upcoming movie about her life.
After news of a biopic in the works based on Spears‘ 2023 memoir The Woman in Me, the singer’s former longtime assistant Felicia Culotta told TMZ she thinks Roberts, 33, would be a good casting choice for Spears, now 42, in the film.
“I was like, I love her assistant,” Roberts said in a new interview with Cosmopolitan, reacting to the suggestion. “I mean, it’s my true dream to play Britney Spears. It’s a rumor, but I hope maybe it’ll come true.”
The Scream Queens alum is a longtime fan of Spears, telling the magazine, “I mean, I remember I locked myself in my room and listened to [Spears’ 2003 album] In the Zone and said, ‘I cannot leave this room until I memorize every word.’ “
Roberts went on to share that nowadays, she even sings Spears’ songs to her 3-year-old son Rhodes “in the bath all the time.”
“I’m always like, ‘God, he must think I’m so weird.’ That’s some millennial parenting,” she told Cosmopolitan.
Universal Pictures announced Aug. 1 that it secured the rights to The Woman in Me after a “highly competitive auction,” according to a press release. Wicked director Jon M. Chu is set to direct, while Marc Platt will produce. No official casting announcements have been revealed yet.
Spears wrote on X Aug. 1
(Source: People)
