Gillian Anderson to Star in Depression Drama 'Helen'
Filed under: Drama, Casting, Deals
After almost ten years hunting down aliens and working up one heck of a pile of tension on X-Files, Gillian Anderson dropped off the radar. Now that she's had a stint as Widow Wadman in A Cock and Bull Story, and played Sarah Merrit in The Last King of Scotland, it looks like she's back on track. The actress has signed on to star in Helen, which will be the first English-language feature by Sandra Nettelbeck, and a change from her usual, lighter fare. She's the writer and director of Mostly Martha, which is getting adapted into an English feature, No Reservations, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart.Helen is about a woman, I presume of the same name, who is a talented professor -- not one who is working during the Depression. Rather, she plays one who suffers from it -- clinically. According to one of the producers, Egoli Tossell's Jens Meurer: "It's the story of a successful woman who has it all but whose life falls apart as a result of this disease. It's also about her overcoming the illness against all the odds." Methinks she can pull it off. Unfortunately, that's all we have for the moment about that flick. However, the production company also has a slew of other great movies in the works. There's The Master of Farnow, an English feature based on the 1906 German novella Schwuele Tagem. It is an "erotic tale of love and deceit among wealthy families" that will be headed by The Lives of Others star, Sebastian Koch. There's also The Last Station, the Tolstoy biopic starring Anthony Hopkins and Meryl Streep, as well as Peter and Catherine, which will star Chloe Sevigny.
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4-14-2007 @ 3:10AM
eshop600 said...
I miss seeing Gillian Anderson on the tv, she should do more tv so I can look at her!
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4-20-2007 @ 11:37AM
Rosemary Storaska said...
Tossell's productions and the German Industry are very much involved in iternational co-producing and especially with high profile artists. There is strong US partnership for these fine films so Helen is an ACE in HAND for Gillian. If 'Lives of Others' is any benchmark one can see one or two Oscar worthy parts shown above, including 'Helen'. After viewing 'The Sweetest Swing in Baseball' by Rebecca Gillman, in London, with Anderson carrying the entire play (similar scenario) and on stage for all but 5 minutes, there is no question this is her pie to bake. The last performances of that play were remarkable. Boston is the site being targeted for this epic from what I understand and the script plays beautifully into that environment. Much potential with 20 Colleges or Universities within a few miles of each other. All eyes on Germany these days. . . what a good place to start and in the fall no less! Imagine! Boston Commons in full leaf color? Look forward to all the above!
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