Renee Zellweger’s incredible Judy Garland transformation

Dust off your vocal chops because Judy Garland is back in town! Sort of. Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger is set to play the iconic actress in the upcoming biopic Judy, and the studio behind the film has released a sneak peek at Zellweger’s transformation for the role. 

In a photo shared to Twitter, Zellweger, 48, has ditched her blonde tresses for Garland’s classic short, brown locks. She holds a microphone to her face and her exposed shoulders show her small and fragile frame–similar to Garland’s toward the end of her days.

The gorgeous photo is just a taste of what audiences are in for when the movie hits the big screen on a yet-to-be-announced date.

#JUDY starts principal photography in London today, starring Academy Award winner, Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland!#judygarland #reneezellweger #london #thetalkofthetown #jessiebuckley #finnwittrock #michaelgambon #rupertgoold #pathe #calamityfilms #bbcfilms #ingenious pic.twitter.com/VJAnMRuzKV

— Judy (@JudyGarlandFilm) March 19, 2018

The movie will be set in the winter of 1968, when Garland arrived in London to perform a sell-out run of concerts at the Talk of the Town nightclub, and centres around her breathtaking performances and her troubled private life. The film also touches on her romance with Mickey Deans, the man who would become her fifth and final husband. 

Garland’s life was one of soaring highs and heartbreaking lows as she struggled with drug and alcohol addiction while giving the world hits like ‘Get Happy’, ‘The Trolley Song’ and ‘Over the Rainbow’.

Her Talk of the Town performances were some of the last she ever gave before her death at age 47. Deans found Garland’s lifeless body in the bathroom of their rented London home just six months after she arrived in London. An official investigation into her death declared she accidentally overdosed on barbiturates, a prescription drug for anxiety and insomnia.

Renée Zellweger is playing Judy Garland in a new movie about the icon's final concerts in London — get ready for the Renéessance!!! pic.twitter.com/EqmbCpnTRm

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 19, 2018

Along with Zellweger, the film will star The Tudors’ Gemma-Leah Devereux, as Garland’s daughter, Liza Minelli. English actor Rufus Sewell will play Garland’s third husband Sidney Luft, while Finn Wittrock, takes on the role of Deans.

Do you think Zellweger will do a good job playing Garland? Are you a fan of Garland’s songs and movies?