Oscar-nommed Rooney Mara to portray Mary Magdalene in new filmFebruary 3, 2016 - 11:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Rooney Mara is close to portraying a holy figure in Garth Davis' movie, AceShowbiz said. The Oscar-nominated actress is in talks to portray Mary Magdalene who traveled with Jesus as one of his followers after He saved her from execution. "Rooney's raw, brave approach to performances, coupled with her deeply magnetic inner life, holds all the dimensions needed to bring to life one of history's most misunderstood woman," Davis told Deadline. "Having worked with Rooney on 'Lion', I know she is a once in a lifetime talent." Magdalene had been portrayed in Hollywood a number of times. Monica Bellucci portrayed her in "The Passion of the Christ" while Barbara Hershey played her in Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ". "Lion" is a drama set in Calcutta, India starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman among others. The film, which is based on a true story about an Indian boy who got lost after boarding the wrong train, is set to open in theaters later this year. Mara is now thrown into the Oscar race for her supporting role in period drama "Carol". She recently wrapped the filming of "Una", an adaptation of David Harrower's play "Blackbird", as well as Jim Sherridan's drama "The Secret Scripture". Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |