David Seidler and Tom Hooper have proved to be a potent pairing, having written and directed the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-sweeping biopic The King’s Speech, which centers on King George VI’s struggles to overcome his cripplingly speech impediment. While Hooper is known for docudramas, like 2009′s The Damned United, Seidler’s filmography is peppered with tales of royalty like Soraya and the animated King and I. Considering these predilections, it’s little wonder that the pair are rumored to be re-teaming on a biopic of Lady Hester Stanhope, a historical figure who Seidler described to the Screen Daily as, “a female Lawrence of Arabia.”
Based on the biography Star of the Morning: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Hester Stanhope by Kirsten Ellis, the film titled The Lady Who Went Too Far would unravel the globetrotting escapades of this “willful beauty turned bohemian adventurer.” Stanhope, who was later called “the Queen of the East,...
Based on the biography Star of the Morning: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Hester Stanhope by Kirsten Ellis, the film titled The Lady Who Went Too Far would unravel the globetrotting escapades of this “willful beauty turned bohemian adventurer.” Stanhope, who was later called “the Queen of the East,...
- 2/22/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
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