variety.com - 4/1/2008
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Film News: Tolstoy biopic starts shooting April 7 -- Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren are toplining Michael Hoffman's Leo Tolstoy biopic "The Last Station," which starts shooting April 7 in Germany. They replace previously announced thesps Anthony Hopkins and Meryl Streep in the roles of Tolstoy and his wife, Sofia.
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Casting Updates: April 1, 2008
RopeofSilicon.com —
... based on Jay Parini's 1990 novel, exploring the turbulent final year in the life of the Russian writer and philosopher and his troubled marriage. Giamatti plays Tolstoy's trusted follower Chertkov, a supporter of the writer's nonviolent socialist Christian movement who becomes Sofia's cunning adversary, while McAvoy plays a naive private secretary sent by Chertkov to work for Tolstoy. British actress Anne-Marie Duff, who is married to McAvoy, stars as Tolstoy's daughter Sasha. [ Variety ] ...
Tolstoy gains Mirren and Plummer
Filmstalker —
... leading disciple Vladimir Cherkov (Giamatti) battle for his soul. Tolstoy makes a dramatic exit from his home after dealing with his professed love of poverty and chastity, his immense wealth, a life of hedonism and thirteen kids. The problem is he is too old to make it past a tiny rail station at Astapovo, and he accepts his fate to die alone. Well, not complete alone, since over a hundred newspaperman camp outside for hourly updates on his condition. However the latest article from Variety with the actor changes has some addition to that and ...
Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren Take on Tolstoy
Cinematical —
... Drama, CastingWhen news of The Last Station first hit all the way back in 2006, it sounded pretty darned irresistible -- Anthony Hopkins as Leo Tolstoy, Meryl Streep as his wife Sofia, and Paul Giamatti as Tolstoy's supporter, Chertkov. Now, as much as I enjoy a good performance by Hopkins and Streep, I'm happy to say that there's new casting for the film, that's finally heading towards production, and still has Giamatti attached. Variety reports that Christopher Plummer and ...
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