From one Dynasty to a different. Joan Collins has remodeled into Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, in a first look at the upcoming biopic, The Bitter End. Joining the Dynasty legend is performing royalty, Isabella Rossellini, who is about to co-star because the headline-grabbing royal’s menacing lawyer, Suzanne Blum.
Penned by screenwriter and novelist Louise Fennell, mom to Saltburn and Wuthering Heights’ Emerald Fennell, the film charts the surprising untold story of the ultimate years of Wallis Simpson, revealing what actually occurred after the Duchess of Windsor after her husband, King Edward VIII, died. Fennell’s screenplay will delve into the sinister relationship between Simpson and Blum – one which left the once-glamorous Duchess of Windsor ensnared in Blum’s chilling net of obsession and coercive management.
The glimpse of The Bitter End – directed by Mike Newell, maybe greatest recognized for his work on Four Weddings and a Funeral – exhibits the 2 lead characters outdoors what seems to be like Villa Windsor, the Parisian townhouse the place Simpson and her husband hosted the likes of Diana Mitford. Collins, decked out in jades and furs, clutches a yellow rose bush, arch as ever, however maybe hiding a concern behind her darkened sun shades as she turns her head away from her lawyer. As for Rossellini’s Blum, she stares straight at the Duchess, arms by her facet in a thick wool coat.
