Kate Moss, the superstar British model, will be entitled to her film. Entitled “Moss & Freud”, it will focus on a very specific part of his life, in the 2000s. Casting, release date, synopsis… All the info on this biopic event.
This is the good news of the beginning of the year 2023: Kate Moss is (finally) the subject of a film. Directed and produced by the Oscar-winning British-New Zealander James Lucas and the model herself, this dramatic feature film is called Moss & Freud. It will dwell on a very special period in the life of the top: the 2000s, when the Twig was pregnant with her daughter, Lila Grace.
In 2002, Kate Moss posed naked for nine long months for the British painter Lucian Freud. The result ? A painting of the mother-to-be languidly on a bed, titled Naked Portrait 2002, sold at auction 3.9 million pounds at Christie’s in 2005.
To make this film, James Lucas insisted on involving Kate Moss: “Posing for Lucian was an honor and a real experience“, explains Kate Moss in a statement that quote magazine W. She continues, about Moss & Freud : “Having been involved in the project and the development of the script from the start, I am now particularly eager to see the film“. If no release date has been announced for now, we know that the film is produced by Matthew Metcalge and GFC Films Production.
Who is Ellie Bamber, the actress who will play Kate Moss?
Lucian Freud will be played by British actor Derek Jacobiwhile Kate Moss will be interpreted by her compatriot Ellie Bamber. Born in 1997, this young actress has already proven herself on the big screen, notably in the film Nocturnal Animals released in 2016 or the Netflix series The Serpent. Blue eyes, angel face, golden hair… She has the ideal physique to embody the Brindille era 00’s.
It is on his Instagram account, on Friday February 3, 2023, thatEllie Bamber shared the news via a photo of her and Kate Moss lying in bed together. A touching nod to the famous portrait of Lucian Freud.