Nicole Kidman in Talks to Play Grace Kelly in 'Grace of Monaco'

**dowcat** · April 6th, 2012, 05:32 PM

Nicole Kidman in Talks to Play Grace Kelly in 'Grace of Monaco'

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The project is drawing comparisons to "The King's Speech."

Nicole Kidman is in negotiations to portray Hollywood icon Grace Kelly in Grace of Monaco, the indie project centering on the actress-turned-princess from producer Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter.
Le Pogam is the Europacorp co-founder who recently launched his Stone Angel production and financing company. He surprised many last fall when he beat out several other bidders to pick up Grace of Monaco as a spec script by Arash Amel.

Olivier Dahan, who directed Marion Cotillard to an Oscar for the Edith Piaf biopic La Vie en rose, is helming the period movie. Kidman is in the process of attaching herself to what is being envisioned as a $30 million production and is being compared in tone to The King's Speech.
Monaco isn't a biopic and instead focuses on a six-month period in 1962 when the city-state got into a heated dispute with France, which grew tired of the petite principality being a tax haven. Kelly, still relatively new in her role as princess, maneuvered behind the scenes to save Monaco from a coup.
Le Pogam is producing and financing the picture. CAA is handling domestic rights and Wild Bunch is selling international.

Monaco is the second high-profile project in the works featuring midcentury Hollywood stars. Fox Searchlight is weeks away from Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho; the movie sees Anthony Hopkins playing the filmmaker, who incidentally directed Kelly in To Catch a Thief and Rear Window, and Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh.
Kelly was an actress who broke through playing opposite Gary Cooper in 1952’s High Noon and quickly became Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite blond with a trio of classic films. She married Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1955 and soon retired from acting. Her death in 1982, after suffering a stroke and losing control of her car while driving the twisty streets of Monaco, shocked the world. Nearly 100 million people watched her funeral on TV.
Nicole Kidman in Talks to Play Grace Kelly in 'Grace of Monaco' - The Hollywood Reporter

**LynnieD** · April 6th, 2012, 05:34 PM

I read she got the part....to which I almost yakked all over my laptop. PLEASE NO.

**HWBL** · April 6th, 2012, 05:55 PM

Too fugly.

**Laurent** · April 6th, 2012, 06:16 PM

WHAT? I can think of several other actresses off the top of my head who could pull off icy blonde (and I mean more than just hair color) a helluva lot more convincing than her. Charlize Theron for one.

**louiswinthorpe111** · April 7th, 2012, 10:01 AM

i guess they want the movie to tank...

**electrocuted_sheep** · April 7th, 2012, 10:11 AM

Woah, look at her face in that picture. Cheek implants anyone?

**twitchy2.0** · April 7th, 2012, 10:48 AM

This going to be some sort of zombie flick?

**Bluebonnet** · April 9th, 2012, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by Laurent

WHAT? I can think of several other actresses off the top of my head who could pull off icy blonde (and I mean more than just hair color) a helluva lot more convincing than her. Charlize Theron for one.

Right! And even Betty Draper...I mean, January Jones could pull it off as far as looks go.

Originally Posted by twitchy2.0

This going to be some sort of zombie flick?

**Tater Tot** · April 11th, 2012, 10:32 AM

She is way too old for this. I agree even January Jones would be better.

**Brah** · April 11th, 2012, 01:48 PM

I don't know the age range they're going for with the biopic, but that Alexandra Breckenridge from AHS (the young Moira) has a good resemblance to Grace Kelly, IMO.

**rollo** · April 24th, 2012, 01:19 PM

LOL at the huge cheek implants.

**dowcat** · October 9th, 2012, 05:09 PM

Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly - First Look!

Nicole Kidman wears a yellow vintage coat on the set of her film Grace of Monaco on Tuesday (October 9) in Menton, France.

The 45-year-old actress plays the legendary film actress Grace Kelly in the upcoming flick.

The story follows former Hollywood star Grace Kelly‘s involvement with Monaco’s Prince Rainier III (Tim Roth) and France’s Charles De Gaulle dispute over tax laws in the early 1960s.

Grace of Monaco also stars Milo Ventimiglia, Parker Posey, Paz Vega, and Frank Langella.

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