Stevie Nicks first gained worldwide attention when she performed in front of the band Fleetwood Mac. Her legendary voice and songwriting soon evolved into a solo career which was also successful. This includes addiction.
When news of possible biographical information about her life began to circulate. She was quick to shut down the rumors. She didn’t like the idea of Lindsay. Lohan who portrays her is special.
Nicks’ reasoning for her stance had to do with her experiences with drug addiction and Lohan’s alleged issues back then.
Stevie Nicks gives herself full credit for recovering from her addiction.
In the 1970s, Nicks was part of a culture that involved recreational drug use. Being in front of the band Fleetwood Mac proved to be a nervous singer. to calm down before the show Nicks will drink cocaine casually.
However, what started out casually soon turned into a full addiction. This addiction has proven to be life-threatening. Nicks talks to Tim McGraw about her past substance abuse on his Apple Music show. Beyond Radio Influence.
“I can save myself. I’ve been through some scary times. but i saved me Nobody helped me,” Nicks said. “I survived. I survived the cocaine. I survived on my own.”
Nicks said she would ignore the issue if she were to tell her story publicly in the future. The reason she said that was that she never allowed her addiction to define her.
“I examined myself at the rehab facility. Nobody did that for me, I did that, and that was my whole life,” she said. “So I would dance over those parts just to educate people.”
In an interview with rolling stoneNicks revealed that a plastic surgeon told her she could die if she continued to use cocaine. A plastic surgeon told her that a coin hole had formed inside her nose from continued use of cocaine.
“We’ve all been addicted to drugs,” Nicks said of her other bandmates, “but there was one point where I had the worst addiction. I’m a girl, I’m fragile, and I drink a lot of Coke.”
In Nicks’ 2015 book “Visions, Dreams & Rumors,” she wrote, “There’s no way to get off a white horse. and I don’t want to.”
In the years since his rehab and drug addiction, Nicks admitted. rolling stone that she still smokes marijuana on occasion
“When I wrote I would allow myself to smoke a bit,” she reveals. “It’s the little things I can do. And I’m very careful, you know? And I got results. However, if I think it will lead me back to the worst, I will stop.”
Stevie Nicks Says Reese Witherspoon Is Too Old To Play Her In Movie
Nicks’ possible biopic has been talked about for quite some time. This talk soon turned into speculation about who would play Nicks. entertainment tonight canada In 2013, Nicks said that Reese Witherspoon would be her first choice, however, she now felt Witherspoon was too old to play a younger version.
“I told (Reese) that she was almost too old… I loved her but she was like, ‘I can play your mom.’ I was like, ‘OK.'”
Nicks seems to be more open about the possibilities of making the film. She has previously denied the possibility of a biographical film being made in 2011.
“Nobody’s making a movie about my life,” Nicks says. “When a movie about my life is being made, everyone knows, and it’s going to be serious. Everyone thinks they’re making a movie about my life. But it’s not true.”
Stevie Nicks said Lindsay Lohan had to clean herself up to play her.
Lohan has long been a fan of the Knicks. She also covered Nicks’ “Edge of Seventeen” on her second album “A Little More Personal (Raw)” in 2005.
at one point There was talk that Lohan wanted to star as the Knicks in a rumored biopic, however, this was a possibility that Knicks would go down quickly.
“Above my corpse,” said the Knicks. The New York Times In 2009, “She had to stop taking drugs and get her mind back. Then maybe we can talk.”
Nicks kept that feeling when speaking to CNN in 2011.
“She’s never going,” Nicks said of Lohan playing her. “That’s not going to happen until she cleans up her life and becomes the best actress I feel she can be. Everyone thinks that I hate you. And it’s not like that at all.”
Nicks expressed her understanding of Lohan’s situation and praised her talent as an actress.
“I just wanted her to be together,” Nicks said. She’s a very talented woman… if she can work together. She could have a really big career. and she can do great things.”
At the time, Lohan was trying to get her career back on track.
“I’m not a kid anymore,” Lohan told Jay. Leno at the time: “I’m 24 years old. I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I understand, but now I’m clear. And I feel that as long as I strive I will achieve what I want to achieve.”
