Aaron Johnson and Mia Wasikowska Join Jonathan Rhys-Glenn Close and Meyers Albert Nobbs
Not anymore, but close is still in place as a producer, co-writer, and star in the role that earned him an Obie in 1982 again. ScreenTerrier [via Playlist] reports Seyfried role has been filled by Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland), Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass) will replace Bloom as it prepares for filming in the next weeks. I’d give the slight advantage Wasikowska Seyfried on here, but Johnson is a major upgrade of Mr. Bloom. Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) also star.Once upon a time, Orlando Bloom and Amanda Seyfried is set to star opposite Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs.
Hit the jump for the official synopsis.Rodrigo García (In Treatment) directs a screenplay by Close and John Banville, based on George Moore short story about a woman (Close) who has been disguising herself as a man to escape poverty.
She gathers the nerve to court beautiful maiden, brash young Helen in which she thinks she has found a soul mate – but the eye of Helen is a newcomer: handsome, bad boy Joe, the new hand, man! When handsome painter Hubert Page arrives at the hotel, Albert was inspired to try to escape the false life he has created for itself. Albert, a shy butler who keeps to himself, has been hiding a deep secret for years – “he” is a woman who has had to dress and behave as a man throughout his life to escape this fate. As Albert dares to hope that one day could live a normal life, to take a look at a free-spirited woman who is caught at the wrong time … This poignant yet humorous story set ultimately about life ‘below stairs’ is nothing of Gosford Park meets Boys Do not Cry19 century Ireland: a woman without a husband or family and no work would face a grim life of poverty and loneliness.