Rupert Friend Joins Michelle Pfeiffer On Stephen Frears’ Cheri
Rupert Friend, best known for being Keira Knightley’s boyfriend, has signed on to star in what could end up as his break-out role. He’s set to star alongside Kathy Bates and Michelle Pfeiffer in Stephen Frears’ Cheri.
Friend will play Cheri a young man who is sent by his mother (Kathy Bates), a well-known courtesan in 1920s France, to be taught the ways of women by her courtesan friend Lea de Lonval (Pfeiffer). Cheri inevitably falls for de Lonval and the two embark on a six-year affair which is ground to a halt when he has to marry a wealthy young woman.
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