Get ready to rock —Daisy Jones & The Sixofficially made its way from the page to the screen.
“As soon as I started readingDaisy Jones & The Six, I immediately fell head over heels in love with it, and I’m thrilled to be bringing it to the screen with Amazon and Jen Salke, whose passionate pursuit of the material spoke volumes,” the Oscar winner said in a statement at the time.
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From the plot to the cast, keep reading for everything to know aboutDaisy Jones & The Six.
What isDaisy Jones & The Sixabout?
Daisy Jones & The Sixfollows the source material, which took readers deep into the world of 1970s-era Rock ‘n’ Roll and centered on The Six’s two lead singers, Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne, as well as their ensuing love triangle.
The book is uniquely structured as the script of a music documentary, with the band members reflecting on their glory days 20 years later.
Who is in the cast?
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Speaking to PEOPLE in December 2022, Keough compared her character Daisy to another free-spirited musician she knows — her mother,Lisa Marie Presley.
“My mother is certainly an inspiration to me,” the actress said, calling Lisa Marie “a very strong, smart woman.”
In February 2023, Keough spoke to PEOPLE again at theLos Angeles premiere ofDaisy Jones & The Six. The actress discussed what it was like to play a singer, knowing so many see her as Elvis' living legacy.
“I mean, it was amazing because I’m passionate about music and we had rehearsed for a year and a half,” Keough said. “By the time we got to the stage, it was very exciting and we were all just like thrilled to be able to test out the thing we’d been practicing for so long.”
Regarding rehearsals, it seems Keough had to do some extra work for the role because, as she admitted on Feb. 27, 2023, shelied about her singing experienceduring her audition.
“I think I blacked out on that meeting. I don’t really remember what happened,” Keough said at a screening of the Prime Video series in New York City. “And then I auditioned like everybody else, and lied to them and told them l could sing.”
Still, it seems she was right for the role. “In truth, I couldn’t have asked for a better teammate,” Claflin said of Keough. “As much as she had that reputation in her family genes, she didn’t come with much musical experience herself, so the two of us had each other to lean on in that way.”
Is there a trailer forDaisy Jones & The Six?
Amazon Prime Video released thefirst official trailerfor the film in January 2023. The minute-and-a-half clip opens with the sounds of a chanting crowd and shows Daisy Jones making her way on stage. Meanwhile, two intriguing statements flashed across the screen: “Their music made them famous. Their breakup made them legends.”
Viewers then hear Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne belting a duet before watching the pair have a heartfelt discussion about the content of their music.
“You write songs about who you wish you were, not who you are,” Keough’s character tells Claflin’s character. “What if you wrote songs about the guy who wants things that he shouldn’t?” To which Billy Dunne responds, “Who’d want to hear a song about that?”
Prior to the trailer’s release, Amazon shared ashort teaseron Dec. 6, 2022, which showed Keough and Claflin suited up as their rockstar characters for the first time. The streamer also revealed the series' release date, writing in the video’s description, “Their story will be told. Daisy Jones and the Six takes the stage March 3, 2023.”
Is there original music?
Daisy Jones & The Sixis not only a visual delight — filled with tons of 70s nostalgia — but it also delivers all-new music, reminiscent of the decade, that fans can stream and download on Amazon Music.
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Blake Mills, who has worked with artists such asFiona Apple,John LegendandJay-Z, was tasked with creating the soundtrack and bringing Jenkins Reid’s fictional discography to life.
“Create a band, conjure up their sound, what they’re writing about, and how they play,” Mills toldRolling Stoneof the project. “There’s an opportunity to subvert and create a guitar personality that could have been present in the Seventies, and wasn’t.”
The actors had their work cut out for them as well as some of them had no prior music experience.
“I have to say, I’d never picked up a guitar before I got this part,” Claflin toldVanity Fairof his experience becoming Billy Dunne. “And, you know, having read the book, it wasn’t overly clear that I was due to be playing because we took some creative freedom and slightly shifted the parts a little bit, meaning that I was going to be playing not lead guitar, thank God, but rhythm guitar. I had to learn how to hold the guitar, how to strum a guitar. I had the biggest journey to go with the singing as well.”
While Keough may be the granddaughter of the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll, channeling Daisy Jones was no easy feat either.
“I didn’t even know how one gets to be able to sing loud. I went to a vocal coach and I was like, ‘They need me to belt.’ I sounded so bad that I started crying,” she said. “I was like, ‘Ihaveto do it.’ I’m gonna go to this vocal coach, and he’s gonna teach me how to f—— belt, whatever I need to do to get this. It really became about pushing myself to do things I’ve never done before.”
In March 2023, Chacon, who plays Warren Rojas, spoke to PEOPLE aboutthe possibility of a real-life tour, explaining that they’ve “been throwing around a lot of different ideas for public appearances, maybe, for some moment.”
“A tour is not out of the question,” he added. “Who knows? I don’t know what the future holds.”
When wasDaisy Jones & The Sixreleased?
The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 3, 2023, with new episodes being released every week until March 24.
source: people.com
