Versatile English actress, Kristin Scott Thomas is set to portray John Lennon’s Aunt Mimi, the woman who was strongly opposed to her sister’s (Lennon’s mother) lifestyle and ended up raising Lennon for the majority of his youth, in the upcoming biopic of the troubled artist “Nowhere Boy.” She is coming off an Oscar caliber performance as an estranged sister in this year’s French-language film, “I’ve Loved You So Long.” The project is being developed by Matt Greenhalgh, the writer behind last year’s biopic of Joy Division front man Ian Curtis, “Control.”
The film is being adapted from the book “Nowhere Boy,” which was written by Lennon’s half-sister Julia Baird.
Anne-Marie Duff will play Lennon’s mom and relative new-comer Aaron Johnson (who just wrapped on “Kick-Ass”) will play the young man himself. The film is being directed by first-time feature director Sam Taylor-Wood, who helmed the winning short starring the music of the Buzzcocks, titled, “Love You More.”