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Michael Stipe says Billie Eilish could play a younger version of him in an R.E.M. biopic
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Michael Stipe says Billie Eilish could play a younger version of him in an R.E.M. biopic

NME·Laura Molloy·about 1 month ago
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Michael Stipe has suggested that Billie Eilish could play him in a future R.E.M.  biopic. His pitch came during his appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert  on Thursday (April 23), when Colbert raised the topic of a potential R.E.M. film, given the slew of musician biopics cropping up in recent years. Colbert asked Stipe who would take on the role, saying “It’s got to be David Cross,” to play bearded Stipe, before the two wondered who could play his younger self. “Maybe Billie Eilish could do it,” Stipe suggested. “She’d be good,” Colbert agreed. “You guys got similar blue eyes there.” When asked whether they had ever met, Stipe said Eilish had once held a door for him at a restaurant in Manhattan. “She’s incredibly polite and sweet, but I didn’t know who she was until she was down the street.” Watch the interview below.…

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