Monday, August 29, 2005

Tilda Swinton to play Nico

For David:
TILDA Swinton is to play Andy Warhol's muse Nico in a blockbuster film written by the creators of Bladerunner.

Nico was part of the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed. But the price of her fame was heroin addiction and a turbulent private life. Now the story of the German supermodel and singer, whose lovers included a pantheon of rock greats - among them Mick Jagger and Jimmy Hendrix - is to be told on film.

Scots director David Mackenzie, whose erotically charged version of Young Adam, with Ewan McGregor and Swinton, earned him international fame, is expected to begin shooting next year. The Vagabond Films production, budgeted at more than £10m, marks Mackenzie's debut working in the US.

The script has been written by Hollywood husband and wife team Jane and David People who penned Bladerunner.

No comments: