Some time ago there were stubborn rumors that Angelina Jolie is going to play Cleopatra. But as long as the project about the queen of Egypt is not clear, the actress looked at his other royal person to incarnation on the screen - the Russian Empress Catherine the second.
The movie star bought the rights to the shielding of the bestseller of the British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore "Catherine Great and Potemkin: imperial love romance." At the basis of the book released in 2000, about five thousand previously not published empertresses and the prince, which they wrote to each other.
"I am delighted with the fact that Angelina drew attention to this book. This is my first book and therefore in many ways one of my loved ones, "says the writer. - Catherine is an absolute heroine among feminists. And I am absolutely confident in the future project due to the fact that Angelina took him. "
Catherine The second came to power in 1762 during the palace coup, which overthrown from the throne of her unpopular husband Peter III. The Board of Catherine is called the "golden age" in the history of Russia. But the empress was famous for his connections with numerous lovers, the number of which reaches 23. Among them was the prince of Grigory Potemkin, who became rumored, the Morganotic spouse of Catherine in the late 1774 or early 1775.
Official messages from the representatives of Jolie on future screening has not yet been received. Therefore, it is not known if Angelina herself will play Catherine Great. It is also not clear whether the movie star will act as director or limit himself to producing a picture.