Outkast's Andre 3000 stars as the late famed guitarist Jimi Hendrix in the upcoming biopic "All Is By My Side." Andre's performance in the film has been praised by critics, but one person who is less than happy with the film is Hendrix's ex-girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham.


Etchingham, who dated Hendrix in the '60s, spoke to the UK's Sunday Express about the film, Hendrix's portrayal in it, and her own portrayal by actress Hayley Atwell.


"Andre and Hayley Atwell are much older than Jimi and I were and it shows," Etchingham told the publication, adding about the film's retro costumes, "It's got Austin Powers written all over it. I would not be seen dead in anything like that."


She went on to criticize those behind the film for failing to take her input into account. "I wrote them an email when I first heard about it saying if you want any help don't hesitate to contact me," she said. "They didn't reply."


Hendrix, who died in 1970 at the age of 27, is shown in the film struggling with his relationships and growing in his career. Led by director John Ridley, "All Is By My Side" also stars Imogen Poots, Burn Gorman, and Ruth Negga, among others.


"A lot of people will go and see it who have never read any of the biographies and they will think it's gospel truth," Etchingham warned. "I don't want it to fundamentally change history."


For more from Etchingham, head over to the Sunday Express.



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  • Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit" (1967)


    When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead And the white knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's off with her head, Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head, Feed your head."




  • The Beatles - "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1967)


    Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain, Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies. Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers That grow so incredible high. Newspaper taxis appear on the shore, Waiting to take you away. Climb in the back with your head in the clouds, And you’re gone.




  • Jimi Hendrix - "Purple Haze" (1967)


    Purple Haze was in my brain, Lately things don't seem the same, Actin' funny, but I don't know why. 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.




  • The Moody Blues - "Legend of a Mind" (1968)


    He'll take you up, He'll bring you down. He'll plant your feet back firmly on the ground. He flies so high, He swoops so low. He knows exactly which way he's gonna go.




  • The Pretty Things - "L.S.D." (1965)


    Yes, I need LSD. It hasn't got a care. He might be going fast, But is he going anywhere?




  • The Doors - "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (1967)


    We chased our pleasures here, Dug our treasures there, But can you still recall The time we cried, "Break on through to the other side, Break on through to the other side"




  • The Beach Boys - "Sloop John B" (1966)


    The poor cook, he caught the fits And threw away all my grits And then he took and he ate up all of my corn. Let me go home. Why don't they let me go home? This is the worst trip I've ever been on.




  • The Byrds - "Eight Miles High" (1966)


    Eight miles high And when you touch down, You'll find that it's Stranger than known.




  • Cream - "I Feel Fine" (1966)


    Dance floor is like the sea, Ceiling is the sky. You're the sun and as you shine on me, I feel free, I feel free, I feel free.




  • The Beatles - "Tomorrow Never Knows" (1966)


    Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream, It is not dying, it is not dying. Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void, It is shining, it is shining. Yet you may see the meaning of within, It is being, it is being.