Rosamund Pike cast in Emerald Fennell’s new film ‘Saltburn’
ROSAMUND Pike is to star in Emerald Fennell’s new film.
The 43-year-old actress has been tipped to lead the cast of the Oscar winner’s second feature film following the success of her debut effort Promising Young Woman.
Few details are known about the new project, but insiders say it will be titled Saltburn, and is about an aristocratic English family.
Fennell is familiar with the world after portraying Camilla Parker Bowles in the Netflix series The Crown.
Filming on the project is due to start later this year.
The film-maker won an Oscar for Promising Young Woman and was also nominated for the best director and best picture Academy Awards.
Meanwhile, Pike has also landed the lead role in Rich Flu.
The coming movie is being directed by Spanish film-maker Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia and tells the story of how a deadly disease begins killing off some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential people.
As it threatens to strike anyone with any sort of fortune, the world descends into panic as the human race attempts to flood the market with assets that are no longer wanted.
Gaztelu-Urrutia said: “Rich Flu is an immense physical saga, full of twists, obstacles and surprises. But above all it is a complex and provocative emotional journey to the depths of the human soul and the pinnacles of glorious self-indulgence.
“Only an artist with the bravery and intelligence of Rosamund Pike could bring this film to life.”