Friday, September 24, 2010

Watson And The Wordrobe

Former Harry Potter star Emma Watson Dominic Cooper and the great Derek Jacobi have been added to the cast of Simon CurtisMy Week With Marilyn. reports The Daily Mail.

The story is based on a diary by Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), a young actor who worked for Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) when he took Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) around London while she shot "The Prince and the Showgirl"



Clark and Marilyn shared many confidences and became close despite her recent marriage to playwright Arthur Miller

Watson plays Lucy, a wardrobe assistant working behind the scenes during the making of the film who has a few dates with Clark. Jacobi plays Windsor Castle royal librarian Sir Owen Morshead Cooper is Monroe's snazzy business partner Milton Greene.

Judi Dench, Zoe Wanamaker, Richard Clifford and Philip Jackson also star.

Production kicks off October 4th, though Dench is filming her scenes this week to accommodate her schedule.

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