A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (FILM)

'''A Woman of No Importance''' is a film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play of the same name.
Sean Bean will star as 'Lord Illingworth' alongside Annette Bening as 'Mrs. Arbuthnot' in this film that is scheduled to kick off filming in September 2007. Bruce Beresford is set to direct after Janusz Kaminski gave up the project.
It will be the first film adaptation of the play, which was first performed at London's Haymarket Theatre in 1893.

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Plot

Cast

External links

References

Plot

A woman's past comes back to haunt her when the man who left her with a child becomes the potential employer of their illegitimate son.
The play is set in an English country house - Hunstanton (Lady Hunstanton's property). On the terrace where we are introduced to Lady Caroline who are engaging in conversation with their American Puritan guest Hester Worsley. The discussion is joined by the powerful, charming and charismatic gentleman, Lord Illingworth who has offered the post of secretary to the fortunate Gerald Arbuthnot. Gerald's mother is invited to join the party for dinner, after arrival she realizes this offer is more complicated than it seems, as Illingworth is the father of her illegitimate son, Gerald, who refused marriage all those years ago. The tension mounts when Mrs. Arbuthnot is caught between telling her son the truth or allowing him to go with the man who spoiled her life. Gerald finds out about his mother's past in a spectacularly Wildean moment of melodrama - after trying to kill Lord Illingworth for kissing Hester Worsley - a woman with whom he is very much in love.
The play concludes with Gerald, Hester and Mrs. Arbuthnot leaving England for America to live in a society where she will not be judged so harshly.

Cast

★ Jessica Biel as Hester Worsley

★ Sean Bean as Lord Illigworth

★ Annette Benning as Mrs. Arbuthnot
The original role of Hester Worsley was casted to Lindsay Lohan, however, due to Lohan admitting herself to a rehabilitation facility, the role was relinquished by her to Jessica Biel.

★ Raven Symone cameo (rumored)
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★ Sienna Miller-(may be replacing Biel, but no word has been confirmed yet, and she most likely plays another character)

External links

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References

1. Jessica Biel Given Lindsay's Importance", E Online