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Exclusive: Uma Thurman Talks BEL AMI

Almost a year ago we posted the first images from Bel Ami.  However, since that time, news on the Robert Pattinson film has been rather quiet.

A brief refresher: slated for a 2011 release, Bel Ami follows Georges Duroy (Pattinson), a nineteenth-century French journalist who ascends Paris’ social ladder through a number of manipulative trists with talented and influential women. The film is based on Guy De Maupassant’s celebrated 1885 novel and will be helmed by noted theatre directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod.  Uma Thurman and Kristen Scott Thomas co-star and, to the envy of Twifans the world over, be thoroughly taken advantage of by Pattinson. Thurman will play Duroy’s central paramour and ladder rung, Madeleine Forestier, while Thomas will play a socialite who is seduced by the suave, power-hungry protagonist.

This morning at the Ceremony press junket, I got to speak to Uma Thurman about who she plays inBel Ami and has she seen the movie yet.  Hit the jump for her comments.

Before getting to the interview…I managed to see an extended promo for Bel Ami at AFM (American Film Market) back in November and thought the movie looked really promising.  In fact, I expected a trailer to be released soon after the market ended.  However, with no firm release date, I guess they don’t want to start promoting.

Here’s the official synopsis followed by what Thurman had to say:

Bel Ami is the story of Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson), who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.

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Mtv: Uma Thurman talks Rob

Throughout the course of his first few years in the business, Robert Pattinson has had a great run with quality leading ladies. During MTV News' recent live interview with the star, he joked that he has a special place in his heart for working with "hot girls."

When MTV News caught up with one of the "hot" women in question, Uma Thurman, she laughed off the compliment and turned the praise back toward her co-star and his impressive work in their upcoming period drama, "Bel Ami."
"Robert Pattinson is, I think, going to be a really serious actor," Thurman said while promoting her new movie "Ceremony." "I think he's incredibly concrete in his presence on the set and obviously is very handsome. [He] is a very nice person and he's sensitive. He's present. ... He's a really good actor."

Read the rest of the article HERE

~Robstenfan

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Lee Pace with Uma Thurman and Michael Angarano

Ceremony is a fresh, heartfelt and often hilarious romantic comedy about twenty-something Sam (Michael Angarano), who won’t let anything stand in the way of winning back his first love - least of all reality.
Zoe, played by Uma Thurman (Prime, Kill Bill), and Sam had a short-lived but passionate affair. Sure that Zoe is his “one” he’ll go to any lengths to get her back.

Inviting his best friend Marshall (Reece Thompson), to take a trip to the seashore, it’s soon clear a vacation isn’t what Sam has in mind at all. Sam has booked a hotel right next door to the mansion where Zoe is about to get married. Sam plans to crash the wedding and win back the woman of his dreams before time runs out.

Director
Max Winkler

Cast
Uma Thurman, Michael Angarano, Reece Thompson, Lee Pace, Jake M. Johnson

Producers
Emilio Diez Barroso, Darlene Caamaño Loquet, Polly Cohen Johnsen, Matt Spicer

Executive Producer
Jason Reitman

Writer
Max Winkler

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