Grasp your BFFs and mark your calendars as a result of Britney Spears’ Crossroads is coming to Netflix subsequent month.
“The first movie to ever star the one and only Britney Spears has never been available on streaming … but that’s about to change!” Netflix teased by the use of X on Monday, January 22, saying that Crossroads will likely be to be had globally starting on Thursday, February 15.
Crossroads hit theaters in 2002 and starred Spears, 42, Zoe Saldana and Taryn Manning as youth highest buddies Lucy, Equipment and Mimi, respectively. Within the film, the trio embark on an epic highway commute cross-country — with the assistance of motive force Ben (Anson Mount) — to pursue their goals.
The challenge, which was once written via Shonda Rhimes (pre-Gray’s Anatomy and Bridgerton status) and directed via Tamra Davis, additionally starred Kim Cattrall as Lucy’s mother and Dan Aykroyd as her dad.
The ladies memorably belt out ‘NSync’s “Bye, Bye, Bye,” and Shania Twain’s “Man! I Feel Like a Woman” whilst using to California. Then again, the most efficient musical second may well be when Lucy takes the karaoke level along with her buddies to sing “I Love Rock ‘N Roll” and generate profits to mend their automotive.
Spears broke into Hollywood on The All New Mickey Mouse Membership within the early ’90s. Then again, she didn’t have a breakout film phase till Crossroads. When Spears shot the movie, she had already launched 3 albums, Child One Extra Time, Oops! I Did It Once more and Britney, all of which peaked at No. 1 at the U.S. charts.
A decade later, Saldana, who went directly to megastar in blockbusters reminiscent of Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy, rated Spears’ “acting chops” all the way through a December 2013 look on Watch What Occurs Are living! With Andy Cohen.
“Oh, on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being super fabulous? Um, I would say a six? A seven? Eight-ish?” Saldana, 45, mentioned, noting Spears was once “very good” on set, regardless of her efficiency being panned via critics.
Justin Lengthy, who performed Henry within the movie, recalled Spears being “normal” whilst taking pictures. “I just remember her being so nice,” he solely instructed Us Weekly in Might 2020. “She just seemed, like, such a down-to-earth [person].”
Lengthy, 45, added: “I remember being so disarmed by how normal she seemed. It was at the height of her fame, and, like, everyone else, I was inundated by images of her. She was so popular, so famous.”
Manning, in the meantime, claimed in September 2021 that Spears saved to herself on set. “She was never allowed to talk to anybody,” Manning, 45, alleged all the way through the “This Is Paris” podcast.
The actress was once apparently speaking about Spears’ reportedly strict upbringing sooner than the singer was once positioned underneath a conservatorship in 2008. Spears’ conservatorship got here to an finish in November 2021 after 13 years of her father, Jamie Spears, and others having criminal keep an eye on over each side of her existence.
Manning later clarified her feedback to Us, announcing, “I have not spoken to Britney in 10 years, but we had an amazing time on Crossroads.”
She recalled spending “months in the car that we took ‘cross country’ sharing stories, joking, laughing and had a friendship for years, especially while filming.” Manning added, “I wish her only the best and am so happy about the progress of this week. Nothing but love for Brit!”
Crossroads starts streaming on Netflix Thursday, February 15.