Sylvia Plath film to star Gwyneth Paltrow

[The Wanderer]

This was reported today in the USA Today, very few details have been given except that the film is supposed to "focus on the turbulent relationship between Plath, who committed suicide in 1963, and her husband, British poet Ted Hughes, who died in 1998." So I guess this is biographical... it's being produced by Foucus, a new specialty division (for art-house films) of Universal Pictures. It does appear Gwyneth is taking an enormous pay-cut to play this role because she greatly admires Plath and let's face it, she hasn't had any decent roles come her way really since Shakespeare in Love.

Hopefully this film will make average Americans aware of how brilliant Plath was... high praise to Ms Paltrow for taking part in this project; I just hope and pray the filmmakers don't sensationalize her life to the point where her poetry is over-shadowed or still worse, it becomes an afterthought or sub-plot.

 

[brettig]

What are some other good flicks about poets?

 

[Kieran McConville]

I could say Dead Poet's Society. In fact I just did. Perhaps it was about Robin Williams. Hmmmm.

 

[foray]

Oh! I thought Meg Ryan was slated to play Plath.

foray

 

[The Wanderer]

Meg Ryan would be a bit too old, a perhaps a bit too cutesy

 

[Screaming Flower]

Originally posted by foray:
Oh! I thought Meg Ryan was slated to play Plath.

foray

i read that she is attempting to produce a different plath film but that it's still in the development stage.