Back in May it was announced that Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville will be taking on the role of Roald Dahl in an as-yet-untitled biopic of the legendary author, and now Deadline is reporting that Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) is set to portray his wife, the Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal.
The film is being directed by John Hay (Lost Christmas), and is described as “a bittersweet, comedic and heart-warming story of Neal and Dahl’s marriage.” It takes place in the early 1960s in New York, Los Angeles and England, and explores Dahl’s struggles to pen some of his most famous books while Neal returns to acting. Principal photography is set to get underway in January 2018.
Ferguson will next be seen alongside Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman, and is reprising her role as Ilsa Faust in Mission: Impossible 6, which is set to arrive this coming summer.
Originally published November 2, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
