Rising British actor Eddie Redmayne has scored a leading role in Simon Curtis’ “My Week With Marilyn,” based on the diary of an employee of Laurence Olivier during their time together shooting “The Prince And The Showgirl” in London.
Redmayne will play said employee, Colin Clark, the son of celebrated art historian Lord Clark and younger brother of politician Alan Clark who looked after the iconic blond bombshell. A diary he kept during that time period was only published in 2002 with the story reported to chronicle the actress’ clashing with veteran thespian Olivier during the production.
The casting marks a stark rise for the actor who has gone from being a relative unknown to being strongly linked to the leading role in Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse,” cast in Kathryn Bigelow’s HBO pilot “The Miraculous Year” and now acting alongside Williams, Kenneth Branagh who’ll play Olivier and Judi Dench who’ll portray actress Sybil Thorndike, a fellow cast member on “The Prince And The Showgirl.”
Production on “My Week With Marilyn” begins in 10 days time with Dench’s scenes to take precedence to work around her schedule with John Madden’s “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”
*The above image of Williams, by the way, is from the recent Venice Film Festival and is likely the look she has worked on for this particular project.