A Glimpse of Miss Julie

(photo from Screen Daily)

 

 

The first images of Liv Ullmann's version of August Strindberg's Miss Julie have emerged!  I can't wait for this film!  Starring Jessica Chastain as Miss Julie and Colin Farrell as the valet, Jean, this production was shot in Northern Ireland in Castle Coole.  Mark Salisbury of Screen Daily recently visited the set.  Read his full article here.  

 

 



(photo from Screen Daily)

Oh here's another one.......below is a photo of Jessica Chastain with her dialect coach, Joan Washington which she posted on her Facebook page.  Ms. Chastain writes "This is the great Joan Washington. She's an incredible dialect coach & I've had the pleasure of working with her on 4 projects; The Debt, Poirot, Coriolanus, and now Miss Julie. There's a lot that goes in to creating a character. Most people think it's just the actor, but there's a huge team of help."



Casting Coup!

 

 

It was reported yesterday by Broadwayworld that Meryl Streep will play the witch in a film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods!  The film will be directed by Rob Marshall.  Read more about it here.

 

 

Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter finally confirmed that the new film adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie directed by Liv Ullmann will star Jessica Chastain!  Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton will also be part of the cast.  Ms. Chastain has mentioned that Miss Julie is one of her dream roles and has hinted about this project about a week and a half ago in this SAG Foundation Q & A (around 55:20 min).

 

For theatre nerds like us, this is all kinds of goodness! I cannot wait!

 

(photo above from People.com)