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14 March
2006
Cate Blanchett
Revives Elizabeth Role
Actress
Cate Blanchett is to return as
Elizabeth
I
in a follow-up to the 1998 Oscar-nominated
film Elizabeth.
Blanchett,
who was nominated for a best actress Oscar
for the first film, will play the Virgin
Queen in The Golden Age, which begins
filming next month.
The
sequel will pick up events 15 years on
from the original, taking in the queen's
relationship with Mary Queen of Scots,
played by Samantha Morton.
Elizabeth
was nominated in seven other Oscar
categories, including best
film.
In the
best film category at the 1999 ceremony,
it missed out to Shakespeare
in Love,
but won best make up.
Elizabeth
also won six Baftas including best film
and was nominated for six
others.
Shekhar
Kapur will also return to direct the film,
which will be made for production company
Working
Title
Films,
which made Four
Weddings and a
Funeral.
The
Golden Age will see Geoffrey Rush return
to the role of spymaster Sir Francis
Walsingham with Clive Owen joining as Sir
Walter Raleigh.
Other
cast members include Michael Sheen and
Rhys Ifans.
The cast
of Elizabeth included Sir John Gielgud,
Sir Richard Attenborough, Christopher
Eccleston and Joseph Fiennes, along with
cameos by ex-footballer Eric Cantona and
dancer Wayne Sleep.
Production
of The Golden Age comes after Helen Mirren
played the queen in Channel 4's Elizabeth
I, shown last September, while
Shameless
actress Anne-Marie
Duff
took the title role in BBC
One's The Virgin Queen in January
2006.
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