after a major casting endorsement Emma Roberts is campaigning for the role of a lifetime after Britney Spear's assistant suggested the actress play her in a feature adaptation of Spear's Memoir the woman in me Roberts seems more than prepared to take on the portrayal explaining that she's been preparing for at least 20 years I was like I love her assistant she told Cosmo of her reaction to the recommendation I mean it's my true dream to play Britney Spears it's a rumor but I hope maybe it'll come true I mean I remember I locked myself in my room and listened to In the Zone and said I cannot leave this room until I memorize every word Roberts added of her love for Spears I mean I sing Britney to my son in the bath all the time I'm always like God he must think I'm so weird that's some Millennial parenting