As Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth often wind up adding heft to whatever project they're working on, whether it's Kidman's upcoming lurid thriller Stoker or Firth's presence in A SIngle Man helping get that film made (OK, he wasn't an Oscar winner yet at the time, but he's always been a classy dude). Now Kidman and Firth will have each other to lean on in their high-toned star power, as they team up for the thriller Before I Go To Sleep.
Set to be directed by Rowan Joffe, who made the excellent and under seen Brighton Rock, Before I Go To Sleep follows a woman with amnesia who wakes up every day and must re-start her memories based on a journal. Unlike 50 First Dates, which used basically the same conceit for comedy, this one comes with a dark twist, as she's eventually "forced to question everyone around her." Variety writes that Firth will be playing Kidman's husband, and I'm hoping he's in on the scheme-- with such an ironclad reputation as a nice guy, Firth is way overdue to play a really vicious baddie.
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