Almost Famous actress Zooey Deschanel has beaten the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Joss Stone and Pink to the coveted role of the late great Janis Joplin in the biopic of the tragic singer. The actress, 26, is the right age and has the right look to play Joplin in "The Gospel According To Janis."
Pink was director Penelope Spheeris' first choice to play the rock star but pulled out blaming the movie's producers for turning the casting process into "some circus pop contest - who's the 'it' girl who wants to play Janis."
Joplin, the legendary queen of rock and roll in the 60s, died of an heroin and alcohol overdose in a Hollywood hotel room in October 1970 at the age of 27.
