Learning Blue, Meeting Joni
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Amanda Seyfried revealed she once prepared to play Joni Mitchell in a biopic, learning to play Mitchell’s “Blue” album on dulcimer, piano, and guitar during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Seyfried met both Mitchell and her manager Elliot Roberts, who passed away before the project could proceed, and shared a memorable experience listening to “Blue” with Mitchell at her home.
- Despite the biopic not moving forward, Seyfried expressed pride in mastering Mitchell’s songs, describing the achievement as a significant personal milestone.
- A different Joni Mitchell biopic is now being directed by Cameron Crowe, reportedly starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Meryl Streep as younger and older versions of Mitchell.
- Seyfried clarified her viral cover of “California” was not an audition for Crowe’s film, acknowledging she is too old to play a young Joni Mitchell.
