‘Top Boy’ Star Jasmine Jobson to Lead Biopic ‘In the Shadows’ as British-Somali Boxer Ramla Ali; True Brit Boards as U.K. Distributor (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAlex Ritman BAFTA-winning “Top Boy” star Jasmine Jobson — recently seen in Andrea Arnold’s Cannes-bowing “Bird” — is set to play trailblazing Somali-British professional boxer, model and UNICEF Ambassador Ramla Ali in “In the Shadows.” She takes over from Letitia Wright, who was attached when the project was first announced last year.
Filming has now begun in London on the feature, which will also star Finn Cole (“Last Breath,” “Peaky Blinders,” “Fast & Furious 9”) as her Jobson’s husband, Richard Moore, while Gershwyn Eustache Jr (“Andor,” “Small Axe,” “Fortitude”) plays her boxing coach. “In the Shadows” will mark the narrative feature debut of Emmy Award and three-time BAFTA-winning documentarian Anthony Wonke (“Dettori,” “Syria: Children on the Frontline,” Ronaldo”).
The film is produced by BAFTA winner and Oscar-nomination producer Lee Magiday (“The Favourite,” “The Lobster”), Madeleine Sanderson (“Being AP,” “Fighting for a City”), and presented by Civic Studios (“Christmas Karma, Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust”).
The film’s subject Ali will serve as an executive producer. The film is being co-financed by Civic Studios, Affine Films, and The World We Want Studios.
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