A biopic on the connection between Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne is within the works, however don’t count on a big-name actor to play the Prince of Darkness. The steel legend prefers to have an “unknown” painting him over “anybody like Johnny Depp,” as he tells Consequence in a dialog for our newest cowl story, printed on Monday, November seventh.

A pair years again, it was reported that the film was in improvement, specializing in the couple’s relationship from 1979 to 1996, with a therapy ready by the couple’s eldest daughter, Aimee. On the time, Sharon stated she didn’t need it to be something just like the mega-successful Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which she referred to as a “Hallmark film.”

“Our movie can be much more actual,” declared Sharon. “We don’t need it to be squeaky, shiny clear and all of that. We’re not making it for youths. It’s an grownup film for adults.”

By “extra actual,” the movie will deal with Ozzy’s drug and alcohol dependancy, his violent episodes (together with almost strangling Sharon to demise), and extra features of that tumultuous period within the couple’s life.

When requested if he had any reservations concerning the movie displaying a few of the darkest moments of his life, Ozzy had a straightforward reply. “I don’t give a shit,” the long-lasting singer tells Consequence. “I imply, if it’s a hit, nice. So long as it’s not too slurpy and bullshit-y, ?”

Greater than a decade in the past, when Ozzy was selling his autobiography I Am Ozzy, he stated on the time, “To have a film manufactured from the e-book, perhaps with Johnny Depp taking part in me — I’d like that.”

Quick-forward to the current day, and that’s the very last thing Ozzy desires. “I don’t need to have anybody like Johnny Depp act as me,” he tells us. “I reasonably have somebody who is comparatively unknown.”

As of now, no casting announcement has been made. A semi-autobiographical music video for Ozzy’s 2020 music “Beneath the Graveyard” was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and featured Val Kilmer’s son Jack Kilmer (Lords of Chaos) and Jessica Barden (The Finish of the F***ing World), taking part in Ozzy and Sharon, respectively. As Jack Osbourne instructed us in a 2020, interview, the cinematic video depicting Ozzy’s dependancy battle supplied a glimpse of what the biopic would possibly seem like.

Elsewhere within the Ozzy Osbourne cowl story, he talks about his present well being battles, his newest album, Affected person Quantity 9, his transfer again to England, and way more. Learn the total interview right here.