Greg Kinnear, Lesley Manville, Keeley Hawes Will Lead MISBEHAVIOUR
Variety reports Greg Kinnear ("Little Miss Sunshine"), Lesley Manville ("Phantom Thread"), Keeley Hawes("Bodyguard"), Rhys Ifans ("Notting Hill") and Phyllis Logan ("Downton Abbey") will star in "Misbehaviour." Previously announced are Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha Raw and Jessie Buckley.
The dramedy is based on the true story of the 1970 MISS WORLD CONTEST and its disruption by the newly founded Women's Liberation Movement. Philippa Lowthorpe directs from an original script written by Rebecca Frayn.
Kinnear will play MISS WORLD host Bob Hope At the time, MISS WORLD was the most-watched TV show in the world, with more than 100 million viewers. "Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly formed Women's Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition," according to a statement.
"In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head," the statement added.
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