Madonna has criticised the producers of her biopic for pressuring her to “think smaller.”

The pop icon voiced her frustration on Instagram, calling out Hollywood executives who have been urging her to lower her ambitions for the project.

“After struggling for days in LA , listening to producers and agents Tell me why I couldn’t make my film -I (been working on it for 4 years!!!)

downsize – down scale – think smaller -they say – I realised that everything in my life is going to be challenged,” she wrote.

She added, “No easy rides for me. I guess I should be grateful. It forces me to think outside the box. I did not have a normal life. I cannot make this in the normal way.”

An initial draft of the film, which was originally slated for release by Universal, was written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in 2022, before Madonna pressed pause on the project to complete her Celebration tour in 2023.