Joni Mitchell Stops Taylor Swift Playing Her In Biopic

The iconic Canadian singer has thrown some major shade over Swift’s acting skills…

Saturday, November 29, 2014 - 17:00

So it looks like Joni Mitchell isn’t a Swifty, then.

The iconic Canadian musician has reportedly put a halt to plans for Taylor Swift to portray her in a biopic.

Speaking to the Sunday Times about the rumoured movie adaptation of the book, Girls Like Us, Mitchell quashed any talk of the Shake It Off star featuring in the film.

“I squelched that!” she said about speculation that Swift will play her in the film.

“I said to the producer, ‘All you’ve got is a girl with high cheekbones.’ It’s just a lot of gossip; you'd don’t have the great scenes.”

Joni added: “There’s a lot of nonsense about me in books, assumptions, assumptions, assumptions.”

10 Times Taylor Swift's New Video 'Blank Space' Wins At Life

T-Swift shows off her crazy side in her newest music video for Blank space, and these are just some of our favourite moments...

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This guy and his smouldering stare was a great casting choice, bravo Taylor.

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T-Swift proves she's quite the sassy horse rider.

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But then things start to go a bit wrong, so she chills on the floor with a deer.

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Then she proves she's the coolest popstar ever as she STANDS ON A HORSE.

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Oh and her other talents include spinning apples like they're basketballs.

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Taylor then goes all Mean Girls on her man. Hello pecs.

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Oh and she then sets fire to his clothes and throws them out the window.

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Not forgetting the ultimate win when Taylor smashes his car with a golf club.

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And finally for our favourite moment, as she bites the sexy man's sexy lip.

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Reports that the Taylor was in the running to play Mitchell in a big-screen adaptation of the book about the singer, and fellow musicians Carly Simon and Carole King have been circulating since 2012.

The pop-country songstress recently told Southern Living magazine that a duet with the Canadian singer or Coldplay’s Chris Martin was on her dream list of collaborations.

“I think so highly of them, I’d never want to ask,” Tay told the mag.

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I stay out too late
Got nothing in my brain
That's what people say, mm-mm
That's what people say, mm-mm

I go on too many dates
But I can't make 'em stay
At least that's what people say, mm-mm
That's what people say, mm-mm

But I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop moving
It's like I got this music
In my mind, saying it's gonna be alright

'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, baby
I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake it off, I shake it off

Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake, baby
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I shake it off, I shake it off

I'll never miss a beat
I'm lightning on my feet
And that's what they don't see, mm-mm
That's what they don't see, mm-mm

I'm dancing on my own (Dancin' on my own)
I'll make the moves up as I go (Moves up as I go)
And that's what they don't know, mm-mm
That's what they don't know, mm-mm

But I keep cruising
Can't stop, won't stop grooving
It's like I got this music
In my mind, saying it's gonna be alright

'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, baby
I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake it off, I shake it off

Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake, baby
I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off

Shake it off, I shake it off
I-I-I shake it off, I shake it off
I-I-I shake it off, I shake it off
I-I-I shake it off, I shake it off

Hey, hey, hey
Just think while you've been getting down and out
About the liars, and the dirty dirty cheats of the world
You coulda been getting down to this sick beat

My ex man brought his new girlfriend
She's like "Oh, my God!" but I'm just gonna shake it
To the fella over there with the hella good hair
Won't you come on over baby we could shake, shake, shake (Yeah, oh)

'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, baby (Haters gonna hate)
I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off

Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake, baby
I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake it off, I shake it off

Shake it off, I shake it off
I-I-I shake it off, I shake it off
I-I-I shake it off, I shake it off
I-I-I shake it off, I shake it off

Shake it off, I shake it off
I-I-I shake it off, I shake it off
(You got to) I-I-I shake it off, I shake it off
I-I-I shake it off, I shake it off

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