Renée Zellweger completely unrecognisable as screen icon Judy Garland

The Judy biopic will chronicle Garland’s final concerts in London
Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones
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Emma Powell19 March 2018
The Weekender

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Film bosses have teased the first look at Renée Zellweger in character as showbiz legend Judy Garland – and she looks unrecognisable.

The Bridget Jones actress, 48, can be seen with cropped brown hair as she sings into a microphone in a shot from upcoming film, Judy.

Set in 1968, the biopic will chronicle Garland’s final concerts in London, 30 years after she shot to global stardom in The Wizard Of Oz.

It will also document her battles with management and her courtship with Mickey Deans as she performs her sell-out run at The Talk of the Town.

Unrecognisable: Renée Zellweger as the showbiz legend
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At the same time she is exhausted and haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood as well as being gripped by a desire to be back home with her children.

The film will feature some of her best-known songs, including Over the Rainbow.

Sold out: Judy Garland pictured in London in 1968
PA

Zellweger will star alongside Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock and Michael Gambon.

Tony nominee and two times Olivier-winner Rupert Goold will direct the biopic which was penned by The Crown’s Tom Edge. BAFTA winner David Livingstone will be producing.

It’s not the first singing role for Zellweger who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar in 2002 for her role in musical, Chicago. She also covered a Bob Dylan hit in My Own Love Song.

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