Jessica Chastain to play Ingrid Bergman

Two-time Academy Award nominee and Cannes jury member Jessica Chastain will star in “Seducing Ingrid Bergman”, and she and her Freckle Films has joined India's YRF Entertainment to produce it. Arash Amel wrote the script and is also producing. It's based on the 2012 novel by Chris Greenhalgh which tells the story of the torrid romance between the Swedish actress most famous for “Casablance”, and celebrated war photographer Robert Capa. Their relationship began in Paris immediately following WWII, and moved to Hollywood at the time of the McCarthy Communist witch hunts.

YRF Entertainment will finance, and its production president Jonathan Reiman will be exec producer. No director has yet been set.

YRF CEO Uday Chopra called Chastain “the perfect actress to star in 'Seducing Ingrid Bergman'. 

Chastain will next be seen starring in the Aaron Sorkin-directed “Molly's Game”. 

Source: Deadline