# Amy Adams as Janis Joplin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946 "2013-03-03T23:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946/41 "2013-03-05T03:14:17Z")
Joss Stone? ---
**Author:** ![jack\_tardiff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jack\_tardiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_tardiff)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946/42 "2013-03-05T03:22:42Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > Joss Stone? Nicely done. Does she act? She does have that earthy timbre and she can really swing. Doesn’t really sound too much like Janis, to me, but she could do it. Somehow I doubt she’d be interested, what with her music career, but you never know. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946/43 "2013-03-05T10:30:28Z")
Diana Fuchs sounds right, and Pink may be able to pull it off. Juliet Simms’ voice didn’t have enough grit for me. None of these are who I was thinking of, but all are in the ballpark for what’s required. I’ve never heard Amy Adams sing, but I really hope she has the chops if they’re going to have her do all of the vocals herself. Janis’ voice is very special to me and the wrong sound would take me out of the movie quicker and more often than any 555 number. Is Bonnie Tyler still around? j/k ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946/47 "2013-06-04T15:45:35Z")
Crystal Bowersox ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946/48 "2013-06-04T17:33:45Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I don’t think I’ll be able to watch a Janis Joplin bio without thinking of Jenna Maroney in **Jackie Jormp-Jomp**. I came here to post exactly the same thing. I love Amy Adams, but Joplin seems a stretch for her. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946/49 "2013-06-04T19:27:09Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > [Susan Tedeschi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmnJFEeC0s4)? She might be a little too smooth for Joplin, but she is a hell of a blues singer. Another vote here. She can play some guitar and lead a band too. I don’t hear any problem with the Janis voice, she can growl with the best. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946/50 "2013-06-04T23:34:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > According to the IMDB, a film about Joplin is in the works, with Adams as the lead. Anybody can be uglied up with prosthetics and makeup, but I don’t find any evidence that she has the vocal chops for this. I suppose they could do voice-over, but that’s almost always obvious. Vocal chops. Janis Joplin. Pick one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-adams-as-janis-joplin/651946.md?page=2)