According to ThePlaylist, Tom Hiddleston (Cranford) and Simon Russell Beale (The Cherry Orchard) have been added to the cast of Terence Davies’ adaptation of the famous 1952 play The Deep Blue Sea, opposite Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener).
The Deep Blue Sea centers on a woman (Weisz) who leaves her companionable husband when she becomes sexually enslaved by an alcoholic ex-fighter pilot. Although she’s 40, it’s the first time she’s ever had an orgasm. Having smashed up her marriage, she then sticks her head in a gas oven when her booze-addled boyfriend walks out on her.
Hiddleston will play Freddie Page, the woman’s younger lover, while Beale will portray her estranged older husband.
Production is expected to kick off in November, with Weisz squeezing it into her hectic schedule, which includes Terence Malick’s upcoming romantic drama and Fernando Meirelles’ 360.
Hiddleston will next be seen in the feature film adaptation of Thor, which opens worldwide on May 6, 2011.
