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Vanity Fair has been filmed six times before.
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Filming on Vanity Fair was due to start in the
Autumn of 2002, but it was pushed back a few months
to allow Reese Witherspoon time to film Legally
Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde.
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It is now believed the release date will aim for
a Cannes premiere in 2004, with a general release
in the Autumn of 2004.
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Hollywood
actress Reese Witherspoon jetted into Gloucestershire when parts
of the county were transformed into 1820s London for her latest
movie Vanity Fair.
The
Legally Blonde star spent two weeks in the county filming her role
in the £23 million movie.
The
movie based on a novel by William Thackeray is a satire about a
young Englishwoman in London during the Napoleonic wars.
It
is a story that comes down to basic human ambition, asking a
spiritual, even yogic question: Which of us is happy in this
world? Which of us has his desire? Or, having it, is satisfied?
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| Mira
Nair |
Witherspoon
plays Becky Sharp who aims to abandon her poverty-stricken background
and climb the social ladder.
Her
best friend, Amelia, longs for a soldier named George and can't
see that Dobbin, a gentleman, suffers unrequited love for her.
The
movie is directed by Mira Nair, acclaimed for her work on Monsoon
Wedding, and is scripted by British writer Julian Fellowes, known
for his work on Gosforth Park.
Director
Mira Nair said: "It is a story that comes down to basic human
ambition, asking a spiritual, even yogic question: Which of us is
happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? Or, having it,
is satisfied?"
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winner Jim Broadbent |
A whole
host of British actors will also appear in the period film including
Oscar winner Jim Broadbent, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
and Rhys Ivans.
James
Purefoy landed the lead role opposite Reese Witherspoon and will
play Rawdon Crawley, the roguish younger son of Sir Pitt Crawley,
who ultimately marries Becky.
The
exact locations to be used in the film were kept secret but it is
thought Stanway House, the Pittville Pump Room and Cheltenham Promenade
will be seen in the finished film.
Following
the two-week shoot, the cast moved on to Bath to complete the filming.
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