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Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter Join Tom Holland in Fred Astaire Biopic
Margaret Qualley will play Adele Astaire and Sabrina Carpenter will play Ginger Rogers in the Sony biopic directed by Paul King.
- Actors Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have joined Tom Holland in Sony Pictures' untitled Fred Astaire biopic. Qualley will play Adele Astaire, while Carpenter portrays Ginger Rogers.
- Director Paul King is helming the project from a script he co-wrote with writer Steven Levenson, based on Kathleen Riley's book "The Astaires: Fred & Adele." Riley also serves as script and story consultant.
- Holland, attached to the project for five years, intends to perform all his own dancing without doubles. He previously starred in "Billy Elliot The Musical" on London's West End and recently led "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," which grossed over $2 billion.
- Fred Astaire's daughter, Ava Astaire McKenzie, and her son, Tyler McKenzie, are consulting and co-producing the film. Director King stated he is "thrilled and honored" to bring the siblings' legacy to the screen.
- The film explores Astaire's early Broadway and West End partnership with Adele before his cinematic rise. He later became renowned for his film collaborations with Rogers, including "Swing Time," "The Gay Divorcee," and "Top Hat.
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Tom Holland, who began his early career as a dancer, was confirmed to play Fred Astaire in 2021. After almost five years, we now have a major update, as two A-listers have joined the cast. According to Deadline, Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have joined Holland in the untitled Fred Astaire biopic. Qualley, who has […] This post belongs to FandomWire and first appeared on FandomWire
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