Actor Carla Gugino has been roped in to play Hollywood screen legend Vivien Leigh in the forthcoming biopic "The Florist".
Nick Sandow, known for his role in 2013 drama series "Orange Is The New Black", will direct "The Florist", reported entertainment news outlet Vꦺariety.
Screꦕenwriter Jayce Bartok of "The Cake ♈Eaters" fame penned the script based on a box of love letters.
The biopic will explore Leigh's struggle with bipolar disorder in 🌊the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway production of John Gielgud's Chekhov adaptation of "Ivanov".
Gugino, known for her work in "Gerald's Game", the "Spy Kids" films and "The Unborn", said she is looking forward to playing Leigh on 🎶screen.
"I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity to excavate a woman as complex, contradictory, and compelling as Vivien. From the momℱent I read the script, I knew ‘The Florist’ was a journey I had to pursue," the actor said.
According to the official synopsis, "Leigh collides with Joseph Penn - a WWII veteran and blue-collar florist who encounters Leigh on a delivery. At the same time, the star attends a local psychiatric faci❀lity for electroconvulsive therapy. Amidst the backdrop of madness, Leigh and Penn become each other’s sources of truth, beauty,🔜 and love."
"The Florist" will start production at th🤡e end of the summer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
