US EditionDoctor Who Star Billie Piper Joins "Deeply Moving" True Story Film with A-List Cast Including Beloved Oscar Winner
Billie Piper joins a distinguished cast in Elsinore, depicting Ian Charleson's struggle with HIV/AIDS and his acclaimed Hamlet role, filmed across the UK.
- Billie Piper has been added to the cast of Elsinore alongside Andrew Scott, actor, and Olivia Colman, Oscar-winning actor, as filming begins across the United Kingdom.
- Ian Charleson was diagnosed with HIV in 1986 and died in 1990 at age 40; he asked that his cause of death be publicly announced, with his final Hamlet run eight weeks earlier at the National Theatre in London.
- Simon Stone is directing from a screenplay by Stephen Beresford with producers Andrea Occhipinti, Gabrielle Tana, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, and Andrew Scott, plus DOP Mike Eley and editor Valerio Bonelli.
- Studiocanal will handle worldwide sales and plans to shop the film at next month's EFM, with theatrical releases in the UK, France, Germany, Poland, Benelux, Australia, NZ and Lucky Red distributing in Italy.
- The film tells the true story of Ian Charleson, whose openness about HIV/AIDS helped promote awareness, and Billie Piper’s reunion with Simon Stone boosts the project’s profile.
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Doctor Who star Billie Piper joins "deeply moving" true story film with A-list cast including beloved Oscar winner
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