Uma Thurman, Rob Pattinson, Kristin Scott Thomas Join BEL AMI

One is a woman nearing her 40s and the other is a woman nearing her 50s and both of them are fighting over a man in his 20s. According to HollywoodReporter, 2 Oscar nominees, Uma Thurman and Kristin Scott Thomas will be the women that would complicate Rob Pattinson (Twilight)’s life in the movie they’ve all signed on, the adaptation of BEL AMI based on the short story by author Guy de Maupassant…

The official synopsis of the book is about the young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, blackmailer and social climber in a world where love is only a means to an end. Written when Maupassant was at the height of his powers, Bel-Ami is a novel of great frankness and cynicism, but it is also infused with the sheer joy of life depicting the scenes and characters of Paris in the belle epoque with wit, sensitivity and humanity”

The movie version will be the directorial debut of London theater director Declan Donnellan. Pattinson will play Duroy, who rose from poverty to become one of the most successful men in Paris by way of the ruthless and calculating bedding of the city’s most glamorous and influential women.
Thurman is set to play the wife of Duroy’s friend who helps Duroy in his ascent, later becoming his wife.
Thomas plays a socialite who falls for Duroy, becoming clingy in the process. Production will start next year in Paris