Christoph Waltz To Play Lead In ‘Billy Wilder & Me’ From Christopher Hampton And Stephen Frears
deadline.comChristoph Waltz is to lead Stephen Frears and Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Billy Wilder & Me. The No Time to Die and Inglorious Basterds star will play Wilder in the part coming-of-age story, part true-to-life portrait of the Hollywood icon, which is adapted from a book by Jonathan Coe.
In the summer of 1977, an innocent young woman begins working for famed director Billy Wilder and his screenwriter Iz Diamond on a Greek island during the filming of Fedora.
When she follows Wilder to Germany to continue the shoot, she finds herself joining him on a journey of memory into the heart of his family history.The film sees Frears and two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Hampton reunited for their third collaboration after Dangerous Liaisons and Cheri.Production will commence in Greece, Munich and Paris, with casting of further principal roles coming shortly.Waltz said: “Christoph Waltz said: “Billy Wilder said “You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning“.
A Stephen Frears movie from a Christopher Hampton script produced by Jeremy Thomas should do the trick for me.”Jeremy Thomas’ Recorded Picture Company is producing, with Reinhard Brundig and Christos V.
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