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Two acclaimed actors will join Oscar-nominee Julianne Moore for the upcoming Broadway production of David Hare's The Vertical Hour, according to the New York Times.
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 star Bill Nighy has been cast as the father of Moore's (Far from Heaven, The Hours) character as Nadia, while Olivier Award-winner AnDrew Scott will play her lover.The first play by David Hare (Stuff Happens, Plenty) to premiere on Broadway, The Vertical Hour will be directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes (Gypsy, Cabaret, the film American Beauty), it will begin previews at the Music Box Theatre on November 9th for a November 30th opening.Nighy was most recently seen as the spectral Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. His other screen credits include The Constant Gardener, Shaun of the Dead, the Underworld films, Love Actually, Blow Dry and Indian Summer. At The National Theatre in London, he was seen in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and Hare's Skylight and Blue Orange.Scott won a 2005 Olivier Award for his work in A Girl in a Car with a Man, while other London stage credits include Brian Friel's Aristocrats. His film and TV credits include "Band of Brothers," Nora, Longitude, Saving Private Ryan and The Tale of Sweety Barrett.Videos