Align and Goldcrest features has announced that Bodyguard star Keeley Hawes has signed on to star alongside Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) in the as-yet-untitled film about Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal and her husband, legendary author Roald Dahl.
Directed by John Hay (There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble), the film kicked off principal photography yesterday, and the official synopsis reads:
In 1962 Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal retreated to the English countryside to bring up their joyful and expanding young family. The unlikely pairing of an Academy Award-winning actress and a burgeoning children’s author, Dahl and Neal put their relationship to the test, revealing a love more painful than anything Roald Dahl ever wrote about in his books. However, for this remarkable pair, redemption and strength sees them changed forever.
“I can’t wait to start work on this film,” said Hawes. “The story of Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl is extraordinary, and I’m so excited to be part of it and so looking forward to working with the brilliant Hugh Bonneville and the hugely talented John Hay who has provided us with such a beautiful script.”
