Ella Anderson Finds Her Rhythm in ‘Song Sung Blue’

While filming “Song Sung Blue,” Ella Anderson spent many nights falling asleep with Neil Diamond’s “Soolaimon” playing in her head on repeat. “I just remember laying in my bed, and all I heard was his voice,” says Anderson, who stars in the musical film about a Neil Diamond tribute band led by Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman.  Anderson is hopeful that viewers will also leave the theater with Diamond’s songs — and the resilience of the film’s characters — lingering in their memories.  Based on a true story, “Song Sung Blue” follows the relationship of two middle-age single parents in Wisconsin, both struggling gig musicians who join forces to form Neil Diamond tribute band “Lightning & Thunder.” Anderson stars in the film as Rachel, the teenage daughter of Hudson’s character, who is the “Thunder” to Jackman’s “Lightning.”  “Craig [Brewer; the director] brilliantly captured the perspective of Midwestern people who are musicians, that are oftentimes not playing for the massive crowds, but are playing for intimate crowds of real people who maybe had a long day at work, are grabbing a beer, and just wanna enjoy that connection that music can create in a room,” says Anderson, whose own parents are musicians from the

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