Angelina Jolie starts work on a new project. Hollywood star is going to make a film based on Simon Sebag-Montefiore's novel "Potemkin: Prince of Princes". The book of the British historian, the right to screen version of which the actor bought, according to rumors, for "the sum with five zeros", is devoted to the relationship of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great and her favorite Grigory Potemkin. Jolie has long dreamed of translating on the screen the love story of the Russian Empress and the Blessed Prince, and her dream is close to implementation.
Angelina Jolie will be Catherine II
Angelina Jolie will perform not only as a producer and producer, but also, most likely, as a performer of the main role. The image of Catherine II, whose scale of personality manifested itself not only in state, but also in love affairs, has long attracted Angelina. Ten years ago, the actress was already offering the role of Catherine the Great, but that project was never implemented. Now Jolie, apparently, decided not to wait for proposals from other directors, but to get down to business.
It is worth noting that the actress already has the experience of embodying on the screen images of royalty. In 2004, in the film "Alexander" by Oliver Stone, she played the queen Olympia Epirus - the mother of Alexander of Macedon, the wife of Philip II. And in 2014 Jolie became the queen in the film-tale of "Maleficent".
Sebaga-Montefiore, specializing in the history of Russia and the USSR, was very excited that the choice of Angelina Jolie fell on his first work, which he considers the most beloved of his works. The historian notes that he regards Catherine as a unique woman, and he is glad that he passes the history of the empress into reliable hands.
According to the writer, Catherine II is a feminist heroine, and Potemkin, whom he regards as the "co-ruler" of the empire, is a "rather wild character", and their romance and successful political union are among the most striking in history. The source for the world bestseller, which was published in 2000, was thousands of previously unreleased empress letters addressed to Potemkin and shedding light on their secret marriage. In 2003, the novel Sebaga-Montefiore was released in Russia under the name "Potemkin".
The latest news about the time and place of filming of the future film has not yet been reported. Intrigue remains and who will play the actors of Grigory Potemkin. Prior to Angelina Jolie, the role of the Russian queen was performed by Marlene Dietrich, Catherine Deneuve, Bette Davis, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Ormond. In the domestic cinema, the image of the Empress was embodied by Svetlana Kryuchkova, Kristina Orbakaite, Marina Alexandrova, Yulia Snigir.
