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Evening Standard
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Maddy Mussen

How newcomer Marisa Abela landed the role of a lifetime as Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse famously said: “My hair is always on point, even if the rest of me is really naff.” In fact, during this same 2007 interview, when quizzed on her hair, she simply leaned her beehive into the microphone as if it was going to answer the question itself.

It’s this attitude, and this hair, which makes playing Amy Winehouse so difficult. She was one of a kind, an icon in the truest terms, and a cautionary tale of fame all in one.

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