Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2019 15:02:36 GMT
Really looking forward to On the Rocks in 2020 with Rashida Jones and Bill Murray, but after that premieres, what would you like her next project to be?
Here are some of my ideas (please share yours!
):
1. A Biopic of Consuelo Vanderbilt:
One of the inspirations for 'Downton Abbey,' Consuelo was an American heiress who married into the English aristocracy through the scheming of her socially ambitious mother, becoming the Duchess of Marlborough (a title previously held by Sarah Churchill - Rachel Weisz's character in The Favourite). Her marriage to the Duke was a deeply unhappy one and ended in divorce, but not before Consuelo gave birth to two sons. She hated Blenheim Palace (arguably the grandest estate in the UK) and very much felt that it was like a "gilded cage." (A theme that is one of Sofia's hallmarks!) Nevertheless she was much beloved by English society and was a celebrated Edwardian beauty; J.M Barrie once said, ""I would wait all night in the rain, to see Consuelo Marlborough get into her carriage."
I'm sure Coppola would be granted unprecedented access to Blenheim in order to film - the only question is who could play Consuelo? Rooney Mara, maybe?
A sketch of the Duchess:
2. An adaptation of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening":
Coppola has already shown an affinity for the American South, and I think this feminist tale would fit beautifully within her aesthetic. Another "gilded cage" kind of story, Edna Pontellier is a wealthy New Orleans wife and mother who longs for something more meaningful than her sheltered life can provide. She self-medicates by having affairs with younger men, but in devastated shock by novel's end, she drowns herself in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
This is my all-time favorite novel - it left me breathless when I first read it in college. It was so ahead of its time when published in 1899 - I see it as a direct ancestor to the passion and tragedy of Tennessee Williams' works. The Louisiana setting would lend itself perfectly to an Impressionistic color palette and I've always imagined Rebecca Hall as Edna.
3. A Paris-set mother/daughter dramedy with Charlotte Rampling and Kirsten Dunst:
The Melancholia reunion we all need! Rampling has been Coppola's inspiration and favorite actress since she was a teenager, and she's also Dunst's biggest acting influence (makes total sense, right?). Why not pair your two muses together now at this stage in their careers, Sofia? And do it in Paris!!!
I'll post more as they come to me!
Here are some of my ideas (please share yours!
):1. A Biopic of Consuelo Vanderbilt:
One of the inspirations for 'Downton Abbey,' Consuelo was an American heiress who married into the English aristocracy through the scheming of her socially ambitious mother, becoming the Duchess of Marlborough (a title previously held by Sarah Churchill - Rachel Weisz's character in The Favourite). Her marriage to the Duke was a deeply unhappy one and ended in divorce, but not before Consuelo gave birth to two sons. She hated Blenheim Palace (arguably the grandest estate in the UK) and very much felt that it was like a "gilded cage." (A theme that is one of Sofia's hallmarks!) Nevertheless she was much beloved by English society and was a celebrated Edwardian beauty; J.M Barrie once said, ""I would wait all night in the rain, to see Consuelo Marlborough get into her carriage."
I'm sure Coppola would be granted unprecedented access to Blenheim in order to film - the only question is who could play Consuelo? Rooney Mara, maybe?
A sketch of the Duchess:
2. An adaptation of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening":
Coppola has already shown an affinity for the American South, and I think this feminist tale would fit beautifully within her aesthetic. Another "gilded cage" kind of story, Edna Pontellier is a wealthy New Orleans wife and mother who longs for something more meaningful than her sheltered life can provide. She self-medicates by having affairs with younger men, but in devastated shock by novel's end, she drowns herself in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
This is my all-time favorite novel - it left me breathless when I first read it in college. It was so ahead of its time when published in 1899 - I see it as a direct ancestor to the passion and tragedy of Tennessee Williams' works. The Louisiana setting would lend itself perfectly to an Impressionistic color palette and I've always imagined Rebecca Hall as Edna.
3. A Paris-set mother/daughter dramedy with Charlotte Rampling and Kirsten Dunst:
The Melancholia reunion we all need! Rampling has been Coppola's inspiration and favorite actress since she was a teenager, and she's also Dunst's biggest acting influence (makes total sense, right?). Why not pair your two muses together now at this stage in their careers, Sofia? And do it in Paris!!!
I'll post more as they come to me!
