In a new interview with Variety, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong touched on the relationship between him and his GREEN DAY bandmates, and how they’ve managed to stay together and relevant for over three decades. Billie Joe appeared to call out bands like Blink-182 and Oasis who have feuded in the past.
“When I approach Mike [Dirnt] and Tré [Cool], I have so much respect for them,” Armstrong explained. “I know their nuances; I know their quirks. We know everything about each other. So I think it’s allowing each other space but also maintaining a friendship.”
He continued: “There were ups and downs for us, for sure, but I see the way bands squabble in front of the world, and I’m like, what the f*ck are you doing? Why would you say that? Your relationship is part of the privacy and the respect even if you can’t stand each other. For us, it’s about keeping the integrity of our relationships together as much as making the music.”
After years of rumors, GREEN DAY frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has confirmed that the long-awaited film adaptation of the band’s 2004 album “American Idiot” is going to happen – “eventually.”
Reports about a possible “American Idiot” movie go back to at least 2011, when it was suggested that Tom Hanks would be interested in producing the project. It was again confirmed in 2013, when playwriting Rolin Jones said he was “finishing up” the script.
In 2016, Armstrong even revealed to NME that the film had been given the green light by HBO and that he would be portraying the character of St. Jimmy from the Tony Award winning Broadway musical based on the album. At the time, Armstrong called the project “surreal” and “offensive.”
Four years later in 2020, however, Armstrong admitted that plans for the movie have been “pretty much scrapped.”
Now, while speaking with Variety, Armstrong has renewed hopes that the film could once again happen.
“There was supposed to be [a film], but it never panned out,” he said while speaking about the success of the stage musical “American Idiot.”
“I’m sure something is gonna happen,” he continued. “The musical did so well and they’ve done it in Australia, Italy, Germany, England…It’s travelled so well. Eventually it’s going to happen, I would think.”
