Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Emma Thompson Back As Gareth Peirce? Andre Soares | Apr 4, 2012 | (ALT FILM GUIDE)



Two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson may once again play human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce, according to Screen Daily.

Nearly twenty years ago, Thompson played Peirce in Jim Sheridan's Academy Award-nominated In the Name of the Father (1993, right), in which she defended Daniel Day-Lewis and several others accused of being IRA terrorists. For her efforts — the accused are eventually released — Thompson earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nod.

Despite sharing several elements with Sheridan's movie, this new project is not called In the Name of the Father 2 (or In the Name of the Mother, for that matter). Described as a romantic thriller, The Secret Evidence tells the story of "a young British couple mistakenly caught up in the war on terror who turn to Thompson’s character to get one of them out of prison. However, in fighting for her boyfriend’s freedom, the film’s young female lead finds herself and her family subject to attack from the UK Government’s secret service."


READ MORE:  http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/emma-thompson-gareth-peirce/


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