Liza Minnelli Says Upcoming Biopic “Needs an Actress Who Loves to Move”

Liza Minnelli cannot be tamed.

The 78-year-old stage and screen legend announced a new tell-all memoir series last August, set for release in 2026. The memoir has already been optioned for television, and Minnelli has an opinion on who should play her. “We don’t know! “We are very grateful that Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy winners are so excited to speak with us,” she told PEOPLE. “First we need a great script and an actress who loves to move.”

Why someone who can move? “Honey, first of all, I’m a dancer… like the great line in (A chorus line): God, I’m a dancer…a dancer dances…even with replaced hips and scoliosis!”

Minnelli said at the time of her memoir’s announcement that she wanted to set the record straight after “a sabotaged performance at the Oscars,” “a film with twisted half-truths,” and “a recent miniseries that just didn’t get it right.” . All done by people who didn’t know my family and didn’t really know me.”

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Today she revealed even more about the topic she plans to cover most in her memoir: her experiences with substance use disorder.

Minnelli confessed that she “wouldn’t tell this story until I realized that I might still be alive because I have a responsibility to help people like me whose brains are wired differently… I’m working toward recovery every day.” “,” she adds. “Let’s stop the shame.” Minnelli checked into rehab for substance abuse in 2015 and has been open about her battle with addiction ever since.

As for the eventual adaptation, Minnelli believes the subject will break worthy new territory. “The story of a SUD victor rather than a victim who happens to live to be almost 80 years old is a first for the screen,” she said.

Minnelli is the daughter of Hollywood superstar Judy Garland and Oscar-winning director Vincente Minnelli. One of the most successful Nepo Babies of all time, Minnelli laid the foundation with both of her parents to pursue a unique career path, winning an EGOT based on her performances in films such as cabaretLike stage musicals The lawand TV specials like Lisa with a Z.

At nearly 80, she’s busier than ever, preparing to work with Tiffany and Co. as their “newest creative collaborator,” recording new music, producing a musical at New York’s Shubert New World Stages and promoting her new career Documentary, Liza: A really great, absolutely true storywhich is scheduled to open in cinemas in the new year.