UpandComers Keira Knightley will not be appearing in David Cronenberg’s “Cosmopolis”, the actress’s reps confirmed to us today. Knightley was brought into the casting conversation following some eagle-eyed fans seeing her name listed alongside star Robert Pattinson’s on the production company’s website. When the internet exploded with the news, her name was quickly removed and her reps declined to comment on her involvement until today, with a solid “she’s not in it”.
From the novel by Don DeLillo, the story centers around Pattinson’s young billionaire Eric Packer, following him as he journeys across New York to get a haircut. Most of the action takes place inside the limo that takes him from place to place, and involves him cheating on his wife, being pursued by shadowy assassins (one of whom will be played by Paul Giamatti) and losing his entire fortune in one day. Knightley’s role would have been that of Elise, Packer’s new wife, mysterious and ethereal, who seems to disappear into thin air in the blink of an eye, who Packer runs into periodically throughout his journey. Marion Cotillard was originally attached to play the role back when Colin Farrell had been tapped for Packer, but was confirmed to have left the project around the time Knightley’s name popped up.
Knightley will next be seen on screen in “A Dangerous Method”, another Cronenberg directorial feature.
Indiewire -The Playlist While reps for the actress have declined to comment thus far (including several of our inquiries to U.K. and U.S. reps) according to Up and Comers, Knightley won’t be working on back to back Cronenberg films as confirmed by her PR folks. That’s a shame if only because a name like Keira Knightley does make a David Croneberg film easier to finance. So now it’s just RPatz and Giamatti. A match made in heaven, no?
Update: Reps for Knightley confirm the Up and Comers report stressing that she was never actually “on” the project.
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