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    Tom Jones Unsure If He's Ready to Tell All About His Life in Biopic

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    The ‘It’s Not Unusual’ hitmaker reveals there have been talks about a possible biopic but he admits he’s reluctant to tell all about his life and career on the big screen.

    Apr 25, 2021

    AceShowbiz –
    Tom Jones is in talks for a biopic – but isn’t ready to “tell-all” just yet.

    The music legend, who has released his 41st studio album, “Surrounded by Time”, on Friday (23Apr21) – has been in discussions regarding a movie about his life like Elton John’s “Rocketman” and the Freddie Mercury film “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

    However, the “Sex Bomb” star is not sure he is willing to share every detail about his life and career with the world on the big screen just yet.

    He tells Alan Carr’s “Life’s a Beach” podcast, he said, “Well there’s been talk of it, yes. But then I’d have to tell-all.”

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    “So I don’t think I’m ready to tell-all yet. Y’know what I mean, it’s one of those things. We’re thinking about it.”

    Although Tom didn’t divulge who he’d like to play him in a biopic, he is adamant on it being an actor, like Taron Egerton in “Rocketman”, as opposed to an actor-singer.

    “Well I think it would be better to get an actor because there are actor-singers who have come forward. But I think the best thing to do is get a really good actor like Elton John did.”

    “You’ve got to get an actor to play the part, then the music – you get somebody to do,” he shared. “I’ll either do (the music) myself or somebody who can do a soundalike. There are Tom Jones soundalikes out there.”

    “Y’know younger fellas. But the acting is the important part.”

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      The ‘It’s Not Unusual’ hitmaker recalls being advised by his late wife Linda against releasing a rap-inspired album after she listened to his experimental material.

      Apr 25, 2021

      AceShowbiz –
      Welsh crooner Tom Jones credits his late wife Linda with saving him from public ridicule after once attempting to embrace hip-hop in his pop music.

      The “It’s Not Unusual” hitmaker, who lost his longtime partner to lung cancer in 2016, recalls Linda wisely advising him against releasing his rap-inspired tunes after giving her a preview of his experimental material.

      “Every time I would record an album, she would be the first one I ever played it to and she would tell me what she thought,” Tom told U.S. news show “Today”.

      “I got a little, sort of hip-hop at one stage in my career and she said, ‘Who are you aiming this at?’ and I said, ‘Whoever wants to listen to it!’ ”

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      “She said, ‘There are other people who do that stuff, you don’t need to do that, do you…?’ and she was right, it didn’t really work.”

      Tom released “Surrounded by Time”, his first album since Linda’s passing, on Friday (23Apr21), and without having her as his sounding board, he can only imagine what she may make of the songs.

      “I would hope she would like it…,” he smiled.

      During the interview, Tom, who moved back to London from the U.S. following Linda’s death, admitted he still talks to his wife on a daily basis because he keeps her ashes in his bedroom so she will always be close by.

      He shared, “She wanted to be cremated… and I have her ashes in a box and I’ve got them in my bedroom on top of a chest of drawers with her photograph over the top, so she’s the last person I speak to at night, and the first person I speak to in the morning.”

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      Tom Jones Feels Sorry for New Musicians for Being 'Stifled' by Pandemic

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      The ‘Thunderball’ singer feels distressed about young aspiring artists amid the ongoing health crisis as Covid-19 pandemic prevented them from performing on live shows.

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      AceShowbiz – Sir Tom Jones is worried for musicians just starting out, who haven’t been able to play concerts amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
      The 80-year-old music legend admitted nothing compares to the feeling of playing to a live audience, and said it must be so “stifling” for young aspiring artists who have had the opportunity to perform to a crowd taken from them during the global health crisis.
      In an interview with Clash, the “Not Unusual” hitmaker said, “I actually feel sorry more for young people who are trying to start off and get some experience from doing live shows. It’s all very well being in your front room making videos and then getting straight on to television – like sometimes it happens on ‘The Voice’, where they’ve never been onstage before. So this COVID thing, it’s really stifling singers and bands who want to get out there, and get some experience, and get the feedback from the people. And they can’t get that at the moment.”

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      “I know what that feels like. At least I know what I’m missing … but some of these kids don’t know yet. They haven’t had the opportunity to experience it.”
      Elsewhere, the “Sex Bomb” hitmaker – who will release his new album, “Surrounded by Time”, in April – admitted he’s “always changing” as he never wants to repeat himself.
      When asked if it’s natural for him to keep looking for his next challenge, he replied, “Yes it is. Even when we do the hits, I’ve changed the arrangements on them. I don’t just copy what I’ve done. I don’t do ‘Delilah’ the same way as when we recorded it – we start it off as a ballad now. And then you realise what a good song it is – that’s the sign of a real good song, when you slow it down and do it in a good way. You think: s***, this is a meaningful lyric here! It takes on a different thing.”
      “I’m always changing. Even if people want the hits – and rightfully so, I understand that – I can match that duty to the public by shifting them around. And I’ve never had any complaints. No one ever comes up to me and says: oh, you don’t do Delilah the same way! And that, again, is learning … and it only comes with time. And that’s why we called the album Surrounded By Time – it’s incredibly important.”

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