Gemma Arterton is in talks for the title role in Tamara Drewe, an adaptation of Posy Simmonds’ graphic novel about a journalist who ruffles feathers in a rural writers’ retreat. After directing Cheri, Stephen Frears would return to a more contemporary format and I imagine he might have personally come across Drewe when it was being published as a comic strip for the Guardian before it eventually became a non-graphic novel. Actors Tamsin Greig and Roger Allam are also attached. This is about a newspaper columnist whose recent nose job transforms her into a seductive flirt, to the chagrin of the quiet village’s womenfolk.I’m looking forward in seeing if some before pictures will be shown for an actress who doesn’t have any blemishes.
Arterton has been racking up some serious movie roles since her very brief stint as a Quantum of Solace Bond girl appearance under the delicious name Strawberry Fields. This would be probably be her next role after she is done with yet another screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights. My impression of the Drewe character is that she comes across as being somewhat different from that of Bridget Jones Diary. Here is how the series looked like back in 2005.
For those who’ve read the comic, do you think Arterton is a good fit as Drewe?
