First, Frost/Nixon. Now, Lewinsky/Clinton?
Frost/Nixon playwright Peter Morgan has turned his attention to another POTUS. This summer he will be making his directorial debut with his own screenplay Special Relationship, telling the story of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.
British playwright Peter Morgan has written a third script —in this case a screenplay— to complete his “Tony Blair trilogy” that began with the TV movie The Deal. The second installment was the Oscar-winner The Queen. And now there is —drumroll please— Special Relationship, which tells the story of William Jefferson Clinton and Monica Samille Lewinsky.
Apparently Mr. Morgan thought better of Clinton/Lewinsky or Lewinsky/Clinton as titles.
Casting is moving apace (Dennis Quaid as WJC and Julianne Moore as HRC) and filming begins this summer.
Julianne Moore has been cast as Hillary Clinton in new film “Special Relationship”.
The actress will star opposite Dennis Quaid — who will play Hillary’s husband, ex-U.S. President Bill Clinton — in the movie which will show how Bill’s ‘inappropriate relationship’ with White House intern Monica Lewinsky nearly ended his time in power.
A source said: “This is a big role for both of them. Playing Hillary, a wife who stands by her unfaithful husband, will be something she can get her teeth stuck into.”
Dennis reportedly beat four other leading actors - Russell Crowe, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin and Tim Robbins - to win the role of Bill.
The film will also feature Michael Sheen as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who will be seen growing frustrated with Bill as his attentions move from politics to his own personal crisis.
“Special Relationship” starts filming in the UK and US in July.
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British playwright Peter Morgan has written a third script —in this case a screenplay— to complete his “Tony Blair trilogy” that began with the TV movie The Deal. The second installment was the Oscar-winner The Queen. And now there is —drumroll please— Special Relationship, which tells the story of William Jefferson Clinton and Monica Samille Lewinsky.
Apparently Mr. Morgan thought better of Clinton/Lewinsky or Lewinsky/Clinton as titles.
Casting is moving apace (Dennis Quaid as WJC and Julianne Moore as HRC) and filming begins this summer.
Julianne Moore has been cast as Hillary Clinton in new film “Special Relationship”.
The actress will star opposite Dennis Quaid — who will play Hillary’s husband, ex-U.S. President Bill Clinton — in the movie which will show how Bill’s ‘inappropriate relationship’ with White House intern Monica Lewinsky nearly ended his time in power.
A source said: “This is a big role for both of them. Playing Hillary, a wife who stands by her unfaithful husband, will be something she can get her teeth stuck into.”
Dennis reportedly beat four other leading actors - Russell Crowe, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin and Tim Robbins - to win the role of Bill.
The film will also feature Michael Sheen as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who will be seen growing frustrated with Bill as his attentions move from politics to his own personal crisis.
“Special Relationship” starts filming in the UK and US in July.