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" I knew this couldn't be an impersonation and the commitment
was to invest myself into all facets of Hank Williams' life."
The film, out in U.S. theaters on March 25, sees Hiddleston play
the temperamental Williams, who had a short but illustrious
career as a singer-songwriter with hit singles such as 'Hey Good
Lookin'' and 'Honky Tonk Blues'.
The troubled singer was often too drunk to perform or chose to
miss gigs, and died at the age of 29 from heart failure after
years of addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs.
“Hank was rebellious about that feeling - does that make sense?
If he didn't feel it, he didn't want to do it. He'd rather
cancel the show but that's not showbusiness. Showbusiness is
about delivering the performance where.... so I found that
tension in this film interesting. He was just rough about it, he
wouldn't turn up if he didn't feel that he wanted to turn up."
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