Nope, that was a child speaking, not the ex-wife. This is a child's point of view of her parent.
Hollyweird does this. They take great liberties with actualities to further their stories for dramatic purposes and sympathetic portrayal.
Make the first wife look bad makes Cash more sympathetic.
By the way, who plays Maybelle Carter? Anyone play Ezra or AP -- are they in the movie?
His daughter has every right to complain and I'm glad I read this. Taking liberties with the lives of GOOD people make me sick.
From what I've read and heard, Johnny really screwed over his first wife almost from the word go. His tune "I Walk the Line" is a total joke in that regard. Although I was surprised to find that Carter, not Cash, wrote "Ring of Fire" and she was talking about literal hellfire.
This movie is all that's on the local news here in Memphis since it was filmed here.
Interesting. Johnny Cash was an amazing talent who had some great triumphs as well as some huge messes in his life. Iirc, his memoirs portrayed his first wife as a good woman who deserved better than the way he treated her. I'm sorry the film can't be equally honest.
Reese Witherspoon as June Carter? I just don't see it!
In interviews I've read, JC was pretty sympathetic towards his first wife and acknowledged his bad behavior during their marriage. Most people who achieve superstar status succumb to temptation of one form or a few. One of the things that make JC great is that he got back on track when so many others haven't been able to.
Did anybody see the Tribute to Johnny Cash thing on CBS tonight?
It may be just me but the performances (with a couple of exceptions) really SUCKED and it really just seemed like a commercial for the movie.