Angelina Jolie to play Kay Scarpetta
March 6th, 2010 by Kim.Renfrew
Angelina Jolie has been confirmed as the actress who will play Kay Scarpetta in a film version of lesbian novelist Patricia Cornwell’s best-known character.
The film, provisionally entitled Scarpetta, will be an original story by Irish writer Kerry Williamson and based on the character, rather than an adaptation of one of Cornwell’s 17 novels featuring the crime-fighting doctor.
The film, which takes place in the present day, rather than the books’ 1980s setting, will feature a younger version of Scarpetta, before she reached the top of her career and will explore the experiences that shaped her. “There’s almost a brewing passion in her, an intensity and sexuality that she doesn’t feel comfortable unleashing,” says Williamson.
The film is due to start shooting this autumn and is the only Kay Scarpetta project to come to fruition: Cornwell optioned a book in 1990 and several actresses, including Jodie Foster, have been linked to the character, although none of the roles materialised.
Patricia Cornwell herself is delighted with the casting of Jolie, stating: “When Angelina came out of the left field last year, I was floored.” Some of the writer’s admirers, however, have expressed disappointment. On Cornwell’s website, the majority of fans express disappointment at the “terrible” and “bad” choice of Jolie.
Although another recurring character in the novels, Scarpetta’s lesbian niece Lucy, will not appear in the first film, she is slated to make an entrance in later films in the long-running franchise that is predicted.
The film is due for release in 2012.
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