Olivia Newton-John on her TV biopic: “I was horrified”
Olivia Newton-John has opened up about her TV biopic in an interview with The Australian Woman’s Weekly, as the entertainment icon approaches her 70th birthday.
"There is also a movie of my life that's been made in Australia with Delta Goodrem playing me,” she said.
"I probably won't watch it. When they told me they were doing it, I was horrified, because despite the fact that I'm well known I'm kind of private and my private life, even though it gets into the papers, is not something I want to talk about."
"I worry about the people in my life. It's not their fault they were married to me or were my boyfriend, so I didn't want it to happen. But then I realised it was going to happen whether I wanted it to or not. So I decided to make something positive out of the negative and I asked that any money that would come to me would go to my hospital so that I can do it and feel I care about it."
Delta Goodrem reportedly approached Olivia before taking the role.
"I love Delta. I think she's a really good actress and a great singer so that made it okay, because we're friends", Olivia said. "In the beginning she called me and asked, 'Shall I do it or not?' First I said, 'I'm not sure,' and then I said, 'Oh you do it'."
"I haven't read it and I don't know how accurate it is because it's a movie and people weren't there at every moment of my life but the money will go to the hospital so some good has come of it."
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