Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Bravo For This Movie


Well we've all got a Most Anticipated Movie to look forward to now -- it's called Mrs Harris Goes To Paris and it stars Phantom Thread queen Lesley Manville in the story of a 1950s British cleaning-lady named Ada Harris who scrubs and starves and saves her every penny in order to buy herself the Dior dress of her dreams. That, on its own, is the sort of 90s-sounding throwback movie we are always here for, so we're already sold -- especially with someone so talented as Manville getting a leading role -- but there's more. More! The film co-stars Isabelle Huppert! 

Deadline doesn't say who Huppert is playing -- something tells me she'll be a French person that Manville's character encounters during her quest for dress, though! -- so I checked IMDb and got confused for a second because they list Huppert's character as "Claudine Colbert" and I was like, wait, is she playing the famous 1930s actress? But that's Claudette Colbert. Not Claudine. Right? I know Claudette Colbert was actually French. Intriguing! Has anybody read Paul Gallico's original 1958 novella on which the film will be based? I guess it's been adapted twice before, in the 1950s and the 1990s. 

Anyway as seen above by that production still the film's already been filmed, and besides those two legends already mentioned the cast includes Jason Isaacs, Lambert Wilson, and saving the hottest-for-last some hottie who's apparently on Emily in Paris (shocker I do not watch Emily in Paris) called Lucas Bravo. And, uhh...

... holy hell, Lucas Bravo! Where has Lucas Bravo been all my life? Why didn't any of you tell me about Lucas Bravo??? Well now I know I guess, and I've got a couple dozen Lucas Bravo photos for us all to share in the wealth of that knowledge right here after the jump...

















9 comments:

Shawny said...

That’s sounds cool. I remember the version that Angela Lansbury did and I loved it.

Unknown said...

Reading this post gave me curious deja vu, and reminded me that Angela Lansbury starred in a 1992, TV-movie adaptation of the same book, hers titled "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104930/). I definitely caught it when it aired and my 11-year-old, proto-homosexual heart found it incredibly moving!

joel65913 said...

I've read the book, a charming short story-one in a series of Mrs. 'Arris adventures. Hopefully they will stick with the 'Arris spelling since the character's Cockney speech is such a part of who she is in the books.

I too say the delightful Angela Lansbury 90's TV film. She was quite wonderful in the film and her costar in what will be the Isabelle Huppert role was Dame Diana freaking Rigg! It had Omar Sharif in the cast as well.

Just checked, it's on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFB9KLWMokU

MTMSLG said...

Mon Dieu! What a cast. Manville elevates everything she is in.

Anonymous said...

Hot. This whole movie can fuck me.

Anonymous said...

Lucas Bravo plays Andre (Lothaire Bluteau in the Lansbury verion).

thanks joel65913

stoney8 said...

He was Quite Hot as The French Waiter in Emily In Paris

mrripley said...

The genius of Lesley Manville cannot be praised enough.

Pierce said...

The 1992 version starred Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Harris; Diana Rigg and Omar Sharif. It's lovely. For April Fool's Day, I just watched King of Hearts, which I hadn't seen in a very long time. Perfect for today and such a brilliant film!