Uma Thurman joins Robert Pattinson in French bedroom romps
Posted on November 20th, 2009 by Austin
If you can stand even more news about Robert Pattinson, whose Twilight capers now seem to be on your TV more often than dust, it’s now been announced that Uma Thurman will play his new lead.
The Hollywood Reporter now says the pair are due to take the lead roles in a new movie entitled, ‘Bel Ami.’
First published as a short story in France in 1885, the movie tells the tale of Georges Duroy who transforms his life from that of a poor paparazzi to one of great fortune and fame by charming and bedding a collection of mistresses who all share great wealth and power.
Rob will play Duroy, while Uma is due to portray the wife of a friend – a lady whose countless connections to the cream of Parisian society help Duroy succeed in this indulgent climb. And these unlikely allies even get married.
The movie’s been casting for ages and you might hear a rumor that Nicole Kidman’s on-board? Not true. She was offered Uma’s role, but the deal never gelled; Her fee was too high.
One role that’s certain is Kristin Scott Thomas; Last seen in ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic,’ Kristin, who lives full-time in Paris, will play one of Rob’s ‘victims’ who gets desperate and clingy when he tries to move on.
British theater director, Declan Donnellan is signed to direct this as his first film, and the team will start lensing in Paris next Spring for a mid-2011 release.
Rob, nude in love scenes…Can you stand the wait?
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