John Ruskin是英国维多利亚时代的艺术家诗人建筑师思想家还扶持培养了一批年轻艺术家不过成为社会新闻的却是他与Effie Gray的婚姻两人结婚6年之后Effie要求中止婚姻理由是两人从未真正成为夫妻这桩官司成为一时谈资John Ruskin承认两人从没上过床但为自己辩护说妻子的某种状况破坏了他的激情Effie Gray离婚后嫁给了受John Ruskin重视提拔的画家John Everett Millais据艾玛·汤普森说这部新片将从两人的新婚之夜开始通过John Ruskin的经历和性格来解开这个谜团
20110817达科塔取代西尔莎成为Effie女主角
Dakota Fanning replacing Saoirse Ronan in Emma Thompson#39;s #39;Effie#39;
August 16
Source Deadline
Just last November, one Casting Tidbits update revealed The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan landed the title role in Effie, a biopic about Effie Gray, the wife of English art critic John Ruskin, who became entangled in a famous Victorian love triangle Now Deadline reports Dakota Fanning will star in the period drama from writer/actresa Thompson which chronicles the strange romance, or lack thereof, between Gray and Ruskin Despite her beauty, Ruskin was said to be disgusted with Gray#39;s body, did not consummate the marriage and annulled it, allowing her to marry Ruskin#39;s protégé John Everett MillaisThough Orlando Bloom was once attached to play Millais, apparently Tom Sturridge Pirate Radio has stepped into the role In addition, Thompson will also star in the film as Lady Eastlake, who takes Effie under her wing when it becomes clear the union was destroying the young woman Her husbandGreg Wise Johnny English will play Ruskin while Julie Walters Harry Potter franchise and Derek Jacobi The King#39;s Speech will play his parents Finally, Edward Fox Gandhi is in talks to play Eastlake#39;s husband Sir Charles a man who was not only fed up with Ruskin and his radical ideas, but also the main patron of the Royal Academy which held sway over what constituted fine art
Richard Laxton An Englishman in New York is directing the film which begins shooting in Scotland on October 17th with shooting to follow in London and Venice as well The cast has been shuffled on this project for awhile with Carey Mulligan once attached to the title role as well, but a copyright infringement claim held up the film, which resulted in scheduling conflicts for the previously attached cast members Producer Don Rosenfeld says, quot;It’a Thompson’s first original script after doing several fine adaptations, and it gets to the heart of Victorian Englandquot; Though this sounds a bit more along the lines of her work on Sense and Sensibility as opposed to Nanny McPhee, her work on the page should make for a great British drama down the road
