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Over three decades after Reversal of Fortune, Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close are reuniting in Encore, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The actors worked together in the 1990 Academy Award-winning thriller as battling married couple Claus and Sunny von Bülow. This time, they're teaming up in British director Simon Curtis' comedy.
Irons and Close also co-starred on stage for Mike Nichols' award-winning 1984 Broadway production The Real Thing. Both actors won Tony Awards for their performances. On screen, they starred in 1993's The House of the Spirits, a feature adaptation of Isabel Allende's 1982 debut novel of the same title.
Reunited and it could feel so good: Glen Close and Jeremy Irons in Encore
In Encore, the actors will play former Broadway luminaries Marie and Nigel, now retirement home residents. There they find a community of dormant talents. Marie decides to put on a show, in the hopes that this would stoke Nigel's passion for theater as well as help him open up to this new chapter in their lives.
Henry Winkler and Don Johnson are also attached to the project.
Curtis will direct the film from Oscar-nominated writer Robert Nelson Jacobs' script. Temple Hill Entertainment's Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner will produce the film. Encore, still in its preproduction stage, will be presented to international buyers at the Cannes film market in June.
The director helmed 2011's My Week With Marilyn, which gave star Michelle Williams her third Oscar nomination. He also helmed the hit 2022 Downton Abbey sequel, Downton Abbey: A New Era. His other credits include 2015's Woman in Gold, starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds; 2017's Goodbye Christopher Robin, with Margot Robbie and Domhnall Gleeson; and 2019's The Art of Racing in the Rain, starring Amanda Seyfried and Milo Ventimiglia.
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Eight-time Oscar nominee Close is best known for her roles in the 1987 movie Fatal Attraction as Alex Forrest and in the 1988 feature adaptation Dangerous Liaisons as Marquise de Merteuil based on the 1782 French novel of the same name by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. She was most recently seen in Apple TV+'s New Look as the editor-in-chief of the American Harper's Bazaar.
She also played Nova Prime in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy. The actress also has a string of streaming hits, such as Netflix's 2020 Hillbilly Elegy and 2023's Heart of Stone, as well as another series on Apple TV+, Swan Song.
Irons won a best actor Academy Award for his role in Reversal of Fortune. Recently he was nominated for an Emmy as Adrian Veidt in the HBO miniseries The Watchmen. He played Rodolfo Gucci in 2021's House of Gucci. The actor was the most recent Alfred Pennyworth in the DC films 2023's The Flash, 2021's Zack Snyder's Justice League, 2017's Justice League and 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
His most recent movie was in the indie action feature The Beekeeper, starring Jason Statham. The actor will next be seen in the limited series The Count of Monte Cristo as Abbé Faria to Sam Claflin's Edmond.
