Cary Grant and who will play him, Jason Isaacs. Clarin archive photo
the star of Harry Potter Jason Isaacs (it was Lucius Malfoy) was cast for the role of a Hollywood classic: acting Cary Grant in a new biopic.
The project, which will be titled arches -As reported Variety-, will be a dramatic miniseries consisting of only four episodes and will tell the life of Grant in a chronological way, from his humble beginnings being born as Archibald Alexander Leach in Bristol, UK, to the protagonist he later became.
The series was written by the author of Filomena, John Dad. and will have the address of Paolo Andrea Williams (A Confession).
Cary Grant has worked on four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. AP photo
arches will be premiered on the ITVX platform in United Kingdom towards the end of this year. As for international sales – according to the same source – there have been no announcements yet.
What Isaac says
“There was and will be only one Cary Grant, so it never would have been quite stupid I love trying to put myself in their iconic shoes, “Isaacs said in a statement, anticipating future tricky comparisons.” On the other hand, I it couldn’t be further away of the character he invented to save himself “.
Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy, along with another villain, Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). Clarin photo archive
He added: “Jeff’s brilliant scripts give life to his relentless struggle to escape the demons that plagued him, his obsessive need for control, his fears, his weaknesses, his loves and his losses. It is the story of a man, not his legendAnd those are shoes I can’t wait to wear. “
The miniseries is produced by ITV Studios co-produced by BritBox International. It is known that Grant’s daughter, Jennifer Grantand ex-wife Dyan Cannon will join executive producer credits.
The 59-year-old British actor was an exquisite Captain Hook directed by PJ Hogan in “Peter Pan”. Photo by Reuters
Pope, the author, said Variety: “As with many of my projects, I started at the end and worked backwards. I found that at the height of his fame, Cary Grant retired to take care of his young daughter. Intrigued, I began to find out why he had become a single father. “
Y? What happened? “Well, my journey took me to Bristol and a child. From there I began to understand that Cary Grant had come a long way to become one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, loved by presidents and the poor. The key to everything was in his infancy“.
Grant with Deborah Kerr, in “Something to Remember” (1957). Clarin photo archive
In real life, the star – who died at the age of 82 in 1986 – first appeared on the big screen in the short. Singapore sue of the year 1931. There he began to use the (surname) of Cary Grant. She soon got her roles in successful films such as the blonde Venus (1932, with Marlene Dietrich) Y Mrs. Lou (1933, with Mae West). In 1942 he acquired American citizenship.
Grant has starred in some all-time sitcom classics like wrong sinner (1940) and The lovely troublemaker (1938), both together with Catherine Hepburn.
The great Alfred Hitchcockwhose “detachment” for the actors was more than notorious, took a liking to Grant and hired him to star in four of his films: The suspect (1941), Yours is my heart (1946, with ingrid bergman), To catch the thief (1955, with Adorn Kelly) Y international intrigues (1959, which became a classic of another generation that Grant successfully visited.
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Source: Clarin
