Saoirse Ronan Set to Star in Adaptation of Alcoholism Recovery Memoir ‘The Outrun’
variety.comK.J. Yossman Saoirse Ronan has been tapped as the lead in “The Outrun,” the memoir of alcoholism and nature from writer Amy Liptrot.“The Unforgivable” helmer Nora Fingscheidt is set to direct.In “The Outrun,” four-time Oscar nominee Ronan stars as recently-out-of-rehab Rona who heads for home in Scorland’s wild Orkney Islands after an absence of over a decade.
There she “reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up.”As Rona lingers in the Orkneys, she begins to piece together her childhood, memories of which “merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.” Fingscheidt and Liptrot have co-written the adaptation.
Liptrot’s prize-winning book has been translated into more than a dozen languages, hit The Sunday Times’ top ten bestsellers list and sold over 110,000 copies in the U.K.
It has been added to publisher Canongate’s “modern classics” list.Ronan, who has appeared in “Little Women” and “The French Dispatch,” among other fare, will next be seen in murder mystery “See How They Run” from Searchlight Pictures, which she stars in alongside Sam Rockwell.As well as recently directing Sandra Bullock in Netflix hit “The Unforgivable,” Fingscheidt is known for her debut feature “System Crasher,” which won the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize at 2019’s Berlinale as well as eight German Film Awards.
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