

I was so glad that she caught it and knocked it out of the park.’ 3. I love this song.” And it was like, “It's yours.” She’s such a beautiful lady, and I love her to death. And it was during the Grammy time and I was really, really busy, and I heard it, and I was like, “Oh my goodness, that’s a smash. She said in an interview: ‘They did the song for me.

It was sent to Mary J Blige at the same time as Rihanna They were told Britney already had enough material for the album.

Tricky Stewart’s Redzone production team, who wrote ‘Umbrella’, sent the song to Britney Spears’ label Jive as she was recording her ‘Blackout’ album. 1. The song was originally recorded for Britney. ah, simpler times.) Here are five things you might not know about the song that kicked Rih’s career up a gear. (The newspaper ran a story that suggested clubbers were unintentionally rain-dancing to the track. The Sun even blamed the song for the exceptionally rainy summer we had that year. The track, with its ’ella-ella-ellas’ and umbrella-twirling video, stayed at number one in the UK chart for ten weeks in 2007. For all the latest news on this particular Fred Astaire biopic, stick with Collider.On Wednesday it will be ten years since Rihanna released pop anthem ’Umbrella’. The next time we will see Holland is later this month in Spider-Man: No Way Home and next year he will play the iconic adventurer Nathan Drake in Uncharted. (Here is your weekly reminder of that incredible performance.)Īstaire’s career spanned over 50 years before his death in 1987 and was made famous because of classic films like Holiday Inn, Top Hat, Swing Time, Shall We Dance, and Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town. Holland is perfect to fill Astaire’s energetic shoes as he has previously played the title character in the musical Billy Elliot on the West End of London from 2008 to 2010, not to mention his 2017 performance on Lip Sync Battle, where he mashed up “Singin’ in the Rain” with Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” is something the internet is arguably still recovering from. RELATED: Tom Holland Says 'No Way Home' Fight Scenes Are "Very Violent"Holland being attached to this project should get both fans of the actor and classic Hollywood excited due to the actor's musical and dancing background. Not much else is known about the film, like who is attached to direct or who wrote the script, but it should also be noted that this is a separate project from the previously-announced biopic Fred & Ginger which will see Jamie Bell playing Astaire. I was in the bar and we had a lovely Facetime, but I will be playing Fred Astaire.” Now Holland himself has confirmed that he will be playing Astaire.Ĭurrently deep in the No Way Home press tour, Holland stated to the Associated Press, It was briefly mentioned by GQ in their recent profile interview with the Spider-Man actor that producer Amy Pascal was looking at Holland for the role. The actor revealed that he will play legendary actor Fred Astaire in a new biopic for Sony Pictures. Tom Holland is about to play Spider-Man for his sixth time in the highly anticipated Spider-Man: No Way Home, but after this multiverse epic releases it looks like Holland might be entering a new phase in his very young career.
