'Back to Black' Star Marisa Abela on Why She Lost Weight to Play Amy Winehouse for Biopic (Exclusive)

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"I mean, like any of the other transformations, like the physical or the vocal," she said of how she approached losing weight for the gig."It was necessary. I think for me, it was a part of her life, this addiction and her struggles and an eating disorder. Which are very real for a lot of people." about his sister's death and shared his suspicion that the eating disorder was just as much to blame as Winehouse's struggles with alcoholism.

"It was who she was and having less of yourself, physically, makes a real difference of how you interact with the world and how the world interacts with you," Abela said."I felt it was very important for me to stay true to her physical journey."

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