Madonna performing during the Madame X Tour of the Paramount+ original movie MADAME X.
Ricardo Gomes ©2021 Paramount+, Inc.The Madonna movie isn’t just a rumor, it’s on the Queen of Pop’s to-do list. Just don’t call it a "biopic."
The pop veteran stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for an interview that explored her past and glanced into her future.
That future would include a “visual autobiography,” she confirmed in her best cut-glass English accent.
“The reason I’m doing it is a bunch of people have tried to write movies about me,” she told Fallon, “but they’re always men.”
Universal tried and failed. The studio sent her a draft script, which she described as “the most hideous superficial crap I ever read.” And the studio tapped a “total misogynist,” in her words, to direct.
“Why would these people make a movie about my life?,” she continued. “There’s nothing true in the script, the guy who is making it has no understanding of women, no appreciation of women, no respect for women.”
Finally, as she sees it, “I just threw down the gauntlet.” There’s no more in the way of specifics, on financing, casting or indeed if Madonna’s completed the outline. If anyone is going to do it, she will.
Moving off-topic, Madonna recounted the “magic” moment when she first heard one of her songs playing on the radio, she admitted she turned down the chance to play the lead in D.C. Comics’ “Catwoman,” and also turned down a role in The Matrix, presumably the Trinity character played by Carrie-Anne Moss. “I wanted to kill myself,” she remembered. “That’s like one of the best movies ever made.”
Madonna sat on Fallon’s couch (and briefly, on his table) to promote Madame X, her concert film which premieres today Friday (Oct. 8) on Paramount+.
In a separate “Kid Theatre” sketch, the pop superstar flexed her acting chops by reading scenes written by elementary school kids based on movie titles.
Watch below.
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DXCLUSIVE - Rapsody has said that she was inspired by many different artists, but Lil Wayne recently gave her the impetus to be at her best in the booth.
The legendary MC sat down with HipHopDX on Friday (May 17), where she revealed how the ex-Hot Boy got her creative juices flowing.
“I just wanna say what I say and make it fun,” she said at the 29:00 mark. “But then, he sent his verse, and I was like, ‘I gotta match the level of artistry.’ Like, it’s Wayne!”
She continued: “And I ain’t scared to say it, because he’s one of the GOATs. It is what it is. A lot of artists won’t say it. But I’ll say it: I probably wrote my verse like 27 times.”
“May 17th, Please Don’t Cry. My fourth studio album,” she wrote on Instagram.
Rapsody then offered a hint at the album’s concept, describing the journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance that she has embarked on since her last full-length release.
“The last four years have been a beautiful, challenging, exciting, scary, journey back to self,” she said. “A becoming. A reintroduction. An unveiling. An unlearning. A knowing. An unplugging. A welcome home. A reality check.
“A love story with the reflection in the mirror. And I love her. She’s raw. Imperfect. Real. Goofy. Intelligent. Cool as a cucumber. Patient. Kind. Mad. Emotional. Funny. Quiet. Swear she gangsta. Thoughtful. Grateful. Forgetful. Overwhelmed.”
She added: “Once a month she got an attitude. She cares deeply. Sometimes too much. She’s a lot of things. She’s complex. But, I think that’s what makes her special. And I can’t wait for you to get to know her. Love [kiss emoji] The Homegirl.”
The album’s tracklist (which can be seen in full at the bottom of this page) reveals collaborations with Lil Wayne, Erykah Badu, Hit-Boy, Baby Tate and Alex Isley, among others, across 22 songs.
The album is Rapsody’s first album in five years.
