Billie Eilish is reportedly in talks to make her film acting debut in the adaptation of Sylvia Plath's novel, The Bell Jar.
The ten-time Grammy winner and two-time Oscar winning singer-songwriter would purportedly play the novel's lead character of Esther Greenwood.
Sarah Polley, who won the Academy Award in 2023 for best adapted screenplay for Women Talking, will direct the film, according to Deadline.
The film will be produced by Joy Gorman Wettels, Plan B Entertainment, and StudioCanal. Focus Features has bagged the distribution rights.
Plath, who wrote The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical story about a young woman's descent into mental illness amid the stifling societal expectations for women in the 1950s, committed suicide in 1963, about a month after the book's U.K. release.
Eilish dabbled in acting with a role in the Prime Video series "Swarm," co-created by Donald Glover and Janine Nabers. She earned the People's Choice Award for TV performance of the year and an Independent Spirit Award nod for best supporting performance in a new scripted series.
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