Female readers, please excuse our hounddog baying and tailwagging appearance, but the thought of tres belle French actresses Eva Green and Lea Seydoux in the same picture is heartstopping. The two thesps will join that other hunk of burning Gallic love, Gerard Depardieu, (see ladies, you get something too — sort of) in Benoit Jacquot’s adaptation of Chantal Thomas’ novel, “Farewell, My Queen.”
Move over Kirsten Dunst, as Green will play Marie Antoinette (Sofia, you shoulda thought of this, a much more appropriate choice; could you imagine the same film only with Louis Garrel and Green in the leads?) with Seydoux as a reader to her royal majesty during the final days of the French Revolution. No word yet on who Depardieu will play, but most likely a notable figure in the royal family tree.
Don’t be too concerned if you’ve never heard of Jacquot. He’s not really that well known on this side of the ocean, but he has notched nominations from the Cannes and Venice film festivals in past years for films “The School Of Flesh,” “The Untouchable,” “Keep It Quiet” and “Seventh Heaven.” This does indeed sound promising if only to watch Green and Seydoux flit around the palace in some knockout period costumes [French Premiere via Bleeding Cool]