Variety reports that Ruth Wilson, who recently received a Tony nomination for her performance in CONSTELLATIONS, has joined the cast of John Cameron Mitchell's HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES.
As previously reported, Nicole Kidman, Matt Lucas ("Alice in Wonderland," "Bridesmaids") and Elle Fanning ("Maleficent," Super 8"), have also been cast. Mitchell ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch"), previously helmed the Kidman-starring "Rabbit Hole."
Based on Neil Gaiman;s short story collection "Fragile Things," the screenplay was penned by Philippa Goslett ("Little Ashes") along with John Cameron Mitchell. The film is described as "in the spirit of "Romeo and Juliet," but instead of Montagues and Capulets, it is punks and aliens. This is the story of the birth of punk, the exuberance of first love, and the universe's greatest mystery of all: how to talk to girls at parties."
The original HOW TO TAK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES short story follows two
TEENAGE boys -- one outgoing and the other shy -- at a party in London in the 1970s. Left on his own, the second boy attempts to socialize with the girls at the party, only to find out that they "are more than they seem". Gaiman's story came out in 2006 and won a Locus Award, as well as a Hugo nomination.
John Cameron Mitchell's New York stage appearances included Broadway's Big River, and the original casts of The Secret Garden (Drama Desk nomination) and Six Degrees of Separation.Off-Broadway: Larry Kramer's The Destiny of Me (Obie Award and Drama Desk nom.) and Michael John LaChiusa's Hello Again (Drama Desk nom.). He adapted and directed Tennessee Williams' Kingdom of Earth starring Cynthia Nixon and Peter Sarsgaard and starred in and wrote the book for the 1998 Off-Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (directed by Peter Askin) for which he won an Obie Award along with co-creator/songwriter Stephen Trask. The film adaptation (2001) won him Best Director at Sundance and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. He directed Shortbus (2006) and Rabbit Hole (2011) adapted from David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play and starring Nicole Kidman in an Oscar-nominated performance. He recently appeared in HBO's Girls.
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