Movie about Milli Vanilli
Matthias Schweighöfer is on board
Matthias Schweighöfer has landed a new role.
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The film “Girl You Know It’s True” revolves around the story of the band Milli Vanilli. Among others, Matthias Schweighöfer belongs to the cast.
The band Milli Vanilli caused a real scandal in the 1990s. Because Fab Morvan (56) and Rob Pilatus (1964-1998) did not sing their songs themselves. Last year it was announced that director Simon Verhoeven (50) sheds light on the story of the two in his new film “Girl You Know It’s True”. . The first actors have now been announced. Like on the website of the German Film FundMatthias Schweighöfer (41) will play a role, among others.
Does Matthias Schweighöfer play the producer Frank Farian?
Other actors named on the website are Tijan Njie (30) and Elan Ben Ali. Like the “Picture on Sunday” Schweighöfer is said to embody the producer of Milli Vanilli, Frank Farian (81), wants to have experienced exclusively. The newspaper spoke to the real Frank Farian about the supposed cast. He had previously only briefly known Matthias Schweighöfer by name. “But in the end he meets all the criteria that are important to me. He looks quite like me, speaks very good English and he can sing.”
According to the German Film Fund, shooting started on April 6, 2022. Originally, January 25 was set as the start date. Simon Verhoeven is also responsible for the screenplay, the company Wiedemann & Berg by Quirin Berg (44) and Max Wiedemann (44) for the production. The film’s title comes from the 1988 Milli Vanilli song “Girl You Know It’s True”.
The Milli Vanilli scandal
The band Milli Vanilli had three number one hits on the US charts. After it became known that they moved their lips to the voices of other singers via playback, they were stripped of a Grammy Award, among other things. Fab Morvan appeared on the RTL show “I’m a Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here!” in 2004. appear again. Rob Pilatus died in 1998 at the age of 33.