Freida Pinto to star in Israeli film
Posted on March 28, 2009
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Freida Pinto is going places, literally. After bagging a role in a Woody Allen film, the “Slumdog Millionaire” star has now joined the cast of Israeli filmmaker Julian Schnabel’s “Miral”. The 24-year-old shot to international fame after the success of Danny Boyle’s multiple Oscar-winning drama. Adapted from Rula Jebreal’s book about Hind Husseini, who founded an orphanage in Jerusalem in the wake of the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel, the screenplay for the film is written by Schnabel himself. Julian Schnabel is the incredibly talented filmmaker behind the Oscar nominated film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as well as Before Night Falls. Pinto joins alongside of actress Hiam Abbas, also seen in The Visitor, who will play Hind Husseini.
Principal photography begins in April, with shooting taking place in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Schnabel is hoping to complete Miral by spring 2010. The book which this is based on is currently only available in Italian, however, Schnabel is working on an English translation of it which he hopes to release at the same time as the film. In the meantime, I suggest everyone watch The Diving Bell and the Butterfly if you haven’t yet. Earlier, Freida was selected for Allen’s untitled project opposite the likes of Sir Anthony Hopkins and Josh Brolin.
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I think it is great, that Freida Pinto will be the next bond girl, as I allready loved her in slumdog milionair, which isn’t really my kind of movie.