Kinnear joins cast of ‘Misbehaviour’

Greg Kinnear has joined the cast of “Misbehaviour,” alongside the previously announced Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha Raw and Jessie Buckley.

Principal photography began Monday on the dramedy, based on the true story of the 1970 Miss World contest and its disruption by the newly founded Women’s Liberation Movement. The film, which will shoot in and around London over the next nine weeks, is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe from an original script written by Rebecca Frayn.

The action takes place in 1970, as the Miss World competition takes place in London, hosted by Bob Hope, to be played by Kinnear. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show in the world, with more than 100 million viewers. When the show resumed, the eventual winner also came as a surprise to the global audience. It was not the favorite, Miss Sweden, but Miss Grenada — the first black woman to be crowned Miss World.

The film is being produced by Suzanne Mackie and Sarah-Jane Wheale. Executive producers are Andy Harries and Rebecca Frayn for Left Bank; Cameron McCracken and Jenny Borgars for Pathe; Rose Garnett for BBC Films, Natascha Wharton for the BFI; and Andrea Scarso for Ingenious.