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Marisa Abela feared cancer surgery would end her career

Marisa Abela feared her career was over after she had thyroid cancer surgery that left her with a long scar on her neck.

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Industry star questions explicit scene BBC removed from broadcast of season three

While the scene in question aired in the US, the BBC cut the ‘shocking’ scene for British viewers

The Independent UK

‘I’m sick of this’: Industry season three finale viewers left ‘devastated’ by same moment

‘The worst thing that’s ever happened to me,’ one person said

The Independent UK

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Industry's Kit Harington and Marisa Abela on 'exploding the show' in season 3

Kit Harington and Marisa Abela reveal what's in store in the third season of the riotous finance drama

WhatToWatch

Myha'la, the star of Industry: 'Do people in finance really live wild, coke-fuelled lives? I'm sure so'

The standout star of the successful BBC drama Industry speaks to Hattie Crisell about her ‘ruthless’ character and why she’s rooting for Kamala Harris

Evening Standard

Industry season 3 on BBC review: young, rowdy Succession adds heart to the scheming, manipulating and bonking

As Yasmin, Harper and the Pierpoint gang return for a third innings, there’s more substance behind the savagery

Evening Standard

Kit Harington Joins HBO's Industry As Morally Complex Character

Kit Harington takes on a new role in HBO's Industry as a morally ambiguous character, showcasing his versatility beyond Jon Snow.

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Chasing Amy: How Marisa Abela became Amy Winehouse for 'Back to Black'

There’s no point asking Marisa Abela to sing Amy Winehouse songs at karaoke

The Independent UK

‘The house was small, the life was big’: how Amy Winehouse’s homes were recreated for Back to Black

Set designers Katie Spencer and Sarah Greenwood went from Barbie to the darker world of the Winehouse biopic. They explain how even a Smeg fridge evokes the singer’s dreams

The Guardian - UK

Back to Black review – wildly uneven portrait of Amy Winehouse

Marisa Abela goes all out in a valiant attempt to capture the late singer’s unique charisma – and voice – in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s misjudged biopic

The Guardian - UK

Back to Black: all eyes on film-maker Sam Taylor-Johnson

Back to Black cinematographer Polly Morgan tells Wallpaper* how a shared love of French New Wave close-ups brought Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic to life

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The Guardian - UK

‘Close to home’: Camden locals applaud Amy Winehouse biopic

Back to Black, which follows singer’s life from early adulthood in Camden to her death in 2011, has been panned by some critics

The Guardian - UK

It’s a grotesque insult for Back to Black to suggest Amy Winehouse died of heartache over her childlessness

Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic suggests that the singer’s desire for a baby was the main source of her suffering. It’s a gendered simplification that exonerates the forces that killed her

France 24

Marisa Abela: 'Playing Amy Winehouse taught me about strength in vulnerability'

The film "Back to Black" has been described as a never-seen-before glimpse into Amy Winehouse's rise to fame and the release of her groundbreaking album of the same name, which won five Grammys and sold 16 million copies. The pop star, who died in 2011, is played by Marisa Abela,…

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Back To Black review: Amy Winehouse biopic is a losing game

In Back To Black, the singer's tragic rise and fall is reduced to a massive cliche.

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Marie Claire

The Amy Winehouse biopic reviews are in - and it's had a pretty rough response from critics

They're not convinced

The Guardian - UK

Back to Black review – woozy Amy Winehouse biopic buoyed by extraordinary lead performance

Sam Taylor-Johnson’s best film to date is more interested in romance and creativity than demons or blame

Total Film

Back to Black review: "A competent but occasionally clunky Amy Winehouse biopic"

The Guardian - UK

I don’t need a note-perfect portrayal of Amy Winehouse. The quality of acting is the key

Musical biopics should convincingly depict their stars’ lives – if you just want to hear the hits, put on an album

The Guardian - UK

Sam Taylor-Johnson on art, age gaps and Amy Winehouse: ‘Filming sucked me to a place I didn’t know how to get out of’

The director’s new biopic about the troubled singer tells the story of a relationship scrutinised by the tabloids – something she knows all about. She talks about facing cancer, falling for a younger man and why she’ll always be drawn to ‘intense, deep subjects’

Evening Standard

‘Amy Winehouse was not a victim,’ says Marisa Abela

The actor was speaking at an International Women’s Day event alongside disruptive TV producer Sam McAlister

Evening Standard

Oscar-nominated team behind Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black tease film: 'Marisa Abela is phenomenal'

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning production designers Katie Spencer and Sarah Greenwood said the film pays 'homage' to the late British singer

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