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Ozzy Osbourne’s life is going to be made into a film. A movie based on the legendary Black Sabbath frontman and solo artist’s colorful life has been given the go-ahead by studio executives according to his wife, Sharon.
“There’s about to be a big announcement,” Sharon says. “It’s been picked up and it’s going into production. There’s no cast yet, but we have a producer and we have lots of money and we’re all starting.”
She added that the person to play her husband—who released his autobiography, titled I Am Ozzy last year—will be “somebody new” rather than an established star.
Sharon, who has been Ozzy’s manager since his split from Black Sabbath in 1979, said she would choose English actress Carey Mulligan to play her if she could pick anyone, although she also earmarked her daughter, Kelly, as ideal for the role. “She is a Mini Me, so yeah, she would be good,” Sharon says.
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June 17th
OZZY OSBOURNE is searching for an actor to play him in a movie about his life. The film will chart his early life, including his heavy booze sessions and the tough upbringing which led to him doing time in prison. It has been rumoured that A-listers Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jack Black have been considered for the role, with Depp a hot favourite. Ozzy instead wants a real-life Brummie (from Birmingham, UK) to take the role, preferably a street kid from the back alleys of the city. "I'd like to get a Birmingham guy to play the young lad in it because Americans can't do a good Brummie accent," he told the Sunday Mercury before taking to the stage at Birmingham Town Hall last night. "I don't want a Johnny Depp or someone from the Hobbit films. I want someone who knows Birmingham. I'm from Birmingham, and it would be good to get someone from Birmingham to play me."
