Empire is reporting that Tom Felton will be starring in the upcoming film, Belle, which also stars fellow Potter star Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter.) The film starts shooting on September 23rd and, as of yet, it is unknown what Tom’s role in the film will be. According to the article, the film is
Amma Asante’s 18th century romance, offering Feltonians the chance to see their man in period garb in an Jane Austen-like romance. […] the film is inspired by a painting. In this case, it’s a 1779 portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha Raw), a mixed-raised girl who is brought up as an aristocrat in a censorious, disapproving country. Producer Damian Jones is promising “a powerful tale inspired by true historical events”.
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Belle is notable, too, for being one of the early beneficiaries of the BFI’s new funding apparatus, the replacement for the UK Film Council. The seven-week shoot is taking place at Pinewood, as well as locations in Oxford, London and the Isle of Man.
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