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Elle Fanning is moving from her Golden Globe-nominated performance in Hulu s The Great to a movie project about one of the most revered films of all time.
The 22-year-old actress has signed on to play Oscar-nominated actress Ali McGraw in Francis and the Godfather, about the making of the 1972 classic The Godfather.
Barry Levinson is directing the film, which recounts the behind-the-scenes drama on director Francis Ford Coppola s adaptation of Mario Puzo s novel, which is widely considered one of the best films of all time.
New role: Elle Fanning is moving from her Golden Globe-nominated performance in Hulu s The Great to a movie project about one of the most revered films of all time
10 March 2021
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Elle Fanning is set to portray acclaimed actress Ali MacGraw in director Barry Levinson s Francis and the Godfather.
Based on a screenplay by Andrew Farotte, the film will explore the behind-the-scenes drama that occurred during the making of the classic 1972 mobster movie.
Variety reported that Fanning has joined an already A-list ensemble cast, including Oscar Isaac as director Francis Ford Coppola, Elisabeth Moss as his wife, Eleanor Coppola, and Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of Paramount’s head of production, Robert Evans.
Fanning s character, MacGraw, who is still alive today, married Evans in 1969. After claiming a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her work in Goodbye, Columbus, she went on to star in Paramount’s Love Story, which saw her receive both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. In 1972 she divorced Evans after engaging in a public affair with Steve McQueen on the set of The Getaway.
Elle Fanning now part of Francis and The Godfather
Titled Francis and The Godfather , the movie will also feature Oscar Isaac, Jake Gyllenhaal and Elisabeth Moss, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker Barry Levinson s film about the making of the celebrated crime drama The Godfather has added actor Elle Fanning to the cast.
Titled Francis and The Godfather , the movie will also feature Oscar Isaac, Jake Gyllenhaal and Elisabeth Moss, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Isaac and Gyllenhaal will play The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and former Paramount studio head Robert Evans, respectively.
Elle Fanning to portray Ali MacGraw in Francis and The Godfather . Elle Fanning is set to portray actress Ali MacGraw in Francis and The Godfather, a film about the making of 1972 s The Godfather.