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Matt Smith & Zosia Mamet Cast as Robert Mapplethorpe & Patti Smith in Biopic
The movie will be based on their life-long friendship.
Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith and Girls' Zosia Mamet have been tapped to play artists Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith in an upcoming biopic.
In her best-selling novel Just Kids, Patti Smith chronicled ther life-long friendship with Mapplethorpe, the controversial gay photographer, who died of AIDS in 1989.
According to Deadline, the documentary filmmaker Ondi Timoner, an award winner for Dig! and We Live In Public, will direct and write a biopic based on their story:
"After several years of developing this script and searching across the globe for the perfect talent to embody the rich and layered roles of visionary artists Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, I am ecstatic to have found Matt Smith and Zosia Mamet," Timoner said. "They will bring indelible passion, raw humanity, and authenticity to this timeless, inspiring story."
The project, slated to start production this summer, has the backing of the Mapplethorpe Foundation. The late photographer is also the subject of the HBO documentary, Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures, which premiered Friday at Sundance Film Festival.
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