Faye Dunaway Reportedly to Begin Filming 'Master Class' This Week

The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Faye Dunaway is set to start filming 'Master Class' in Detroit next week, as both the star and director of the movie. The paper reports that she's been in town for a month in pre-production and that reports of the movie having stalled were false. Dunaway has been trying to put together a feature film adaptation of the Tony-winning play "Master Class" for the past five years after previously starring in a 1997 tour.

The play, written by Terrence McNally, opened in 1995 and was about the opera legend Maria Callas teaching one of her master classes.

Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning actress Faye Dunaway made her acting debut on Broadway in 1962.   Her first big screen role came in 1967 in "The Happening," and her first starring role was shortly after in "Bonnie and Clyde," opposite Warren Beatty.  Her extensive film credits include "Chinatown," "The Arrangement," "The Three Musketeers," "The Towering Inferno," "Mommie Dearest," "Don Juan DeMarco," "Network," "The Thomas Crown Affair," "Jennifer's Shadow" and "The Rules of Attraction."  Her television credits include "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Alias," "It Had to Be You" and "Touched by an Angel," as well as numerous made-for-television movies including, "Cold Sassy Tree," "Rebecca," "Running Mates," "A Will of Their Own" and "A Family Divided."

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