{"id":248375,"date":"2020-03-14T07:03:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T11:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=248375"},"modified":"2020-03-14T07:03:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T11:03:27","slug":"shania-twain-moving-up-up-up-in-acting-world-with-i-still-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/14\/shania-twain-moving-up-up-up-in-acting-world-with-i-still-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"Shania Twain moving up, up, up in acting world with &#8216;I Still Believe&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B9rjtoeB2KL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); 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I feel very fortunate to have been a part of this amazing movie and story, please go see it and let me know what you think \u2764\ufe0f #istillbelieve<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shaniatwain\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Shania Twain<\/a> (@shaniatwain) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-03-13T16:30:42+00:00\">Mar 13, 2020 at 9:30am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 With her son now 18 and the usual parental demands of school runs and lunches behind her, Canadian pop-country superstar Shania Twain has found herself with more time and mental space to devote to other things.<\/p>\n<p>Enter acting.<\/p>\n<p>The Timmins, Ont.-raised singer-songwriter first dabbled in the craft in a 2017 episode of the Comedy Central series \u201cBroad City,\u201d playing an exaggerated version of herself as a client at the gym of series co-star Abbi Jacobson.<\/p>\n<p>Then she got a call \u201cout of the blue\u201d from her friend \u2014 two-time Oscar-nominated actor John Travolta \u2014 asking her to play his girlfriend in last year&#8217;s action drama \u201cTrading Paint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now she&#8217;s moving up, up, up in her acting career with her biggest role yet, playing the mother of a Christian singer in the new film \u201cI Still Believe,\u201d from directors Jon and Andrew Erwin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m just getting started with all this and it&#8217;s been a new discovery of another area that I want to explore artistically,\u201d Twain said in a recent phone interview from Las Vegas, where she has the residency show \u201cLet&#8217;s Go!\u201d at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino&#8217;s Zappos Theater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m learning a lot. I really enjoyed getting out of myself and taking on another character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KJ Apa of \u201cRiverdale\u201d fame stars in the music biopic, portraying the real-life story of Grammy-nominated Christian singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp. Twain plays his mother, alongside Gary Sinise as his father.<\/p>\n<p>The story, which hit theatres Friday, follows Camp&#8217;s relationship with his late first wife, Melissa, played by Britt Robertson. The faith-themed drama shows them falling in love as she&#8217;s diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Twain said she found it to be a powerful and inspiring story that reinforced her own faith \u201cin believing in love, primarily \u2014 that love is at the root of all healing and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Grammy Award winner also connected to the idea of expressing emotions through music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then of course, just tragedy and coping as a family and trying to support each other through difficult times \u2014 I&#8217;m no stranger to that,\u201d said Twain, who grew up poor, went through a 2008 divorce from producer Robert (Mutt) Lange, and was struck by vocal issues caused by Lyme disease. She&#8217;s now married to Frederic Thiebaud.<\/p>\n<p>Twain hasn&#8217;t taken acting classes yet but she figures she would do so if she were to take on \u201ca more principal role\u201d or if a director wanted her to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually really enjoy taking direction, because I&#8217;m often giving direction,\u201d Twain said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI play that role a lot, directing people based on my own vision, so there&#8217;s something really stress-free about letting other people direct and just being a good student and watching and learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twain said she isn&#8217;t fixed on any particular type of role. She just needs \u201cto keep experimenting\u201d and is open to drama and comedy.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if she has any other acting projects on the horizon, Twain said she has \u201ca lot of irons in the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m going to have a busy life, I think, which is great,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like there&#8217;s so much to explore, there&#8217;s still so much to do, and acting is definitely one of those platforms that has endless possibilities and potential. So I&#8217;m very excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans of Twain&#8217;s music need not fret.<\/p>\n<p>She said she&#8217;s writing new songs as she also celebrates the 25th anniversary of her smash second studio album, \u201cThe Woman in Me,\u201d which fired up many a line dance with hits including \u201cAny Man of Mine\u201d and \u201cWhose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have more capacity freed up to create and be more adventurous with my career,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really love being on the microphone now more than I have in many, many years. I&#8217;m very much into my songwriting right now. I&#8217;m writing all the time. I&#8217;m very restless. I like to be productive and active. So acting is going to fill in some of that space for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View this post on Instagram I&#39;m excited to announce that @istillbelieve is in theaters now! 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