Madonna says she may try directing movies
Showbiz Desk

LONDON—Pop star Madonna, whose acting career has been decidedly dismal, said Tuesday she might try her hand at making films, but her moviemaker husband joked he could do without the competition. The 47-year-old singer was attending a screening of “I’m Going to Tell You a Secret,” a documentary that follows her 2004 “Re-Invention” tour. Directed by Swede Jonas Akerlund, who also shot her award-winning video for “Ray of Light,” it is due to be shown on Britain’s Channel 4 TV this week.
“Yeah, this has been a great learning experience and Jonas kept me involved in a lot of the decision-making, so I like it,” Madonna told Reuters, when asked if she would consider making a film. Her husband, Guy Ritchie, who directed her in the flop remake of “Swept Away,” seemed less enthusiastic. “I could do without the competition,” he said, breaking into a grin.
Asked to describe the Ritchie household should his wife move into making films, he said: “I don’t know. I mean ... she ends up sort of directing things anyway, so I don’t think it’ll be anything new.” Responding to the same question, Madonna said: “The same as it is right now. Two very big egos having discussions about things.”
Madonna, who has just released her latest chart-topping album “Confessions on a Dancefloor,” is on familiar turf with the documentary. In 1991, the mother-of-two starred in her first documentary film, “In Bed with Madonna” (also known as “Truth or Dare”), about her “Blonde Ambition Tour.”