Interview with Marisa Abela.
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00:00Thankfully, when I got the role, the most important thing we shared was that the emotional truth of Amy and her psychological truth and her wants and desires and the feeling of Amy was the most important thing.
00:16So it wasn't a prerequisite that I sang. I wanted to take singing lessons more to look like Amy when I was singing, to understand what was happening both physically and emotionally when you sing in that way.
00:30You know, she was a singer and I felt that it was important for me to know really what that feels like to be able to like sing out music, especially that you've written yourself.
00:42But then I, you know, I chose to take these lessons, you know, very seriously.
00:48And I was training for four months, two hours a day, every day.
00:52And I think that that just it just I just was coming closer and closer to a to a sound that made that felt authentic.
01:01Not just in terms of, you know, like, oh, my God, is that Amy or is that Marisa?
01:05That wasn't really the intention for me. It was more like, you know, the psychological and the emotional truth behind singing these songs was so important to Sam and me.
01:16And it felt that it was would be such a shame if we were sort of keeping the emotional ball afloat, then we're to sing, drop that ball, because in the moments that we're singing in the film, it's different to the studio recording.
01:31So if I'm singing at the Grammys and I'm singing rehab and it's important to make sure that everyone in this room feels that Amy is back and that's her intention and there's an intensity in that tension, it's different to the studio recording of rehab.
01:47So it was, you know, it was a conversation, but it as an actor, it feels right that you're able to tell the story at every moment in the film.
01:56So, let's go.
01:57So, let's go.
01:58So, let's go.
01:59So, let's go.