Kristin Scott Thomas and Anne-Marie Duff are set to play the women in John Lennon's life for Sam Taylor-Wood’s debut biopic Nowhere Boy. Scott Thomas - taking a break from making arty French flicks like Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (I've Loved You So Long) is in line to play the Beatle’s Aunt Mimi. Duff - best known for TV work on both Shameless and in her award winning role as Elizabth I in The Virgin Queen - will play his mother, Julia, during his childhood.
Taylor-Wood, who up until recently was considered a photographer and video artist- made her first steps into the world of film with her 2008 short Love You More, which was produced by the late, great Anthony Minghella and was screened in the main Competition for the Palm D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
The young Lennon will be played by Aaron Johnson, most recently the star of Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, and who has just completed the lead turn in Matthew Vaughn's Kick Ass.
Writer Matt Greenhalgh has written the script, following on from his other bio of an ill-fated rock-star (Joy Division's Ian Curtis) in Control. Shooting in Liverpool and at Ealing Studios will begin in March.