00:00Music superstar Billie Eilish is eyeing the big screen.
00:03The singer and songwriter is in talks
00:05to make her feature acting debut,
00:07with Oscar-winning filmmaker Sarah Pauly's adaptation
00:09of Sylvia Plath's classic 1963 novel, The Bell Jar.
00:14Pauly, who earned an Oscar for her script
00:16for 2022's Women Talking,
00:18is writing the screenplay that adapts the book.
00:20The best-selling novel centers on the mental health journey
00:22of college student Esther Greenwood,
00:24as she takes a role at a magazine.
00:26A 10-time Grammy-winning musician,
00:28Eilish won her second Academy Award for her song
00:30What Was I Made For from the 2023 film Barbie.
00:34This followed her Oscar win for No Time To Die
00:36from the 2021 James Bond movie of the same name.
00:39Her most recent album was 2024's Hit Me Hard and Soft,
00:42which featured the hit singles Birds of a Feather
00:44and Wildflower.
00:45The latter won Song of the Year at the 2026 Grammys.
00:49It's like a fever, like I'm burning alive.
00:55The star has dabbled in acting before,
00:57with a role in the prime video series Swarm.
00:59She also hosted a 2021 episode of Saturday Night Live.
01:03Theon Snyder was first to report on Eilish
01:05and Pauly's involvement in The Bell Jar.
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