We have an update about The Old Guard, Netflix’s smash-hit movie from 2020.
06.04.2023 - 13:17 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: After playing formidable and unique young women in The Last Of Us and Game Of Thrones, Bella Ramsey has found her next potentially memorable role as the star of period drama Monstrous Beauty.
Ramsey, who shot to fame as the precocious Lady of Bear Island in GOT, is heading back to court but this time as an aspiring playwright in the court of King Charles II who suffers from a rare condition that means she is entirely covered in hair. This is her first role announced since HBO’s blockbuster hit The Last Of Us.
Atonement and The Hour star Romola Garai has written and will direct the movie, which will also star Dominic West as King Charles II (after he recently played Prince Charles in The Crown), Oscar nominee Ruth Negga (Passing) as his mistress Nell Gwyn, and Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve) as Aphra Ben, the first ever published female playwright in history. The story combines fiction with real historical characters.
Filming is due to begin in September. Matthew James Wilkinson (Yesterday) is producing for Stigma Films.
HanWay is handling sales and will be talking to buyers about the project in the run up to the Cannes market next month, where it will be among buzz packages. Scroll down to see some striking early artwork for the movie.
Here is the project’s full synopsis: “Set in the 17th Century, Monstrous Beauty is the story of a unique young woman, Barbara Field (Ramsey), born into poverty with a rare condition that means she is entirely covered in hair. Given the precious gift of an education, she is offered the opportunity of a place in the luxurious and decadent court of King Charles II (West), as a “Natural Wonder” where people with extraordinary appearances mix with the aristocracy.
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We have an update about The Old Guard, Netflix’s smash-hit movie from 2020.
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