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Jes­si­ca Chas­tain is play­ing Ingrid Bergman in a new biopic

23 May 2017

Words by Amy Bowker

A woman with shoulder-length auburn hair in a wavy updo style, wearing a red velvet dress, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile.
A woman with shoulder-length auburn hair in a wavy updo style, wearing a red velvet dress, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile.
She’s pro­duc­ing and star­ring in the bio­graph­i­cal romance Seduc­ing Ingrid Bergman.

A three-time Acad­e­my Award-win­ning actor, Ingrid Bergman’s film cred­its include the icon­ic Casablan­ca, Gaslight, and Noto­ri­ous. Jes­si­ca Chas­tain is set to pay homage to the late Hol­ly­wood icon by star­ring in Seduc­ing Ingrid Bergman, a film about her romance with Robert Capa.

With a script writ­ten by Arash Amel, the film is based on the 2012 nov­el by Chris Green­hal­gh and tells the sto­ry of the tor­rid romance between the Swedish actress and the cel­e­brat­ed war pho­tog­ra­ph­er. Their rela­tion­ship began in Paris imme­di­ate­ly fol­low­ing World War Two, mov­ing to Hol­ly­wood at the time of the McCarthy witch hunts.

Yash Raj Films chief exec­u­tive offi­cer Uday Chopra has hailed Chas­tain the per­fect actress” to bring Bergman back to life on screen. Jes­si­ca is no stranger to por­tray­ing strong, intel­li­gent women and this role deserves an actress of her immea­sur­able tal­ent,” he said. We also feel that she will bring a unique per­spec­tive as a producer.”

Chas­tain is a mem­ber of the 2017 Cannes Film Fes­ti­val jury, has earned Acad­e­my Award nom­i­na­tions for Zero Dark Thir­ty and The Help, and is next due to appear on our screens as an Olympic hope­ful ski­er in Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game.

We’re cer­tain­ly root­ing for Chas­tain to do jus­tice to one of cinema’s most beloved screen pres­ences in this ambi­tious sound­ing project. Share your thoughts with us @LWLies

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