Take that, Timothée!
Naomi Watts has signed on to play ballet legend Margot Fonteyn in Margot & Rudi, the new romantic drama from Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris director Anthony Fabian that is set in the world of Swinging Sixties ballet.
The film explores the iconic partnership between Fonteyn, a 42-year-old prima ballerina and Britain’s most famous dancer, and Rudolf Nureyev, the 23-year-old rebellious Soviet defector who became her partner on stage (and, it was rumored, off it as well).
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Their explosive, undeniable on-stage chemistry sparked speculation, never confirmed and never fully denied, that their affection extended into their private lives. Fonteyn was married at the time, and Nureyev was openly gay, known for his long-term, volatile relationship with Danish dancer Erik Bruhn.
Alexandr Trush, principal dancer with the Hamburg Ballet, will play Nureyev. The Russian-speaking Ukrainian ballet star
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