Uma Thurman Teams With Robert Pattinson For New Movie

Uma Thurman and Robert Pattinson have signed on to do the big screen adaptation of the Guy de Maupassant short story, Bel Ami.

an ambitious young Parisian journalist George Duroy (Pattinson) who furthers his career by sleeping his way to the top.

Uma's character is the wife of an army friend of his and she refuses to have an affair with Robert's character but helps with his writing.

Kristin Scott Thomas has been cast in the role of his mistress, Madame Walter,

the wife of his editor who becomes clingy when he tries to end the affair.

This sounds like some quite interesting casting choices! Are you familiar with the short story? Are you interested in seeing this?

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