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Celluloid
vixen Rachel Weisz has decamped from her leafy Primrose
Hill residence to a Marsaxlokk farmhouse – and husband
Darren Aronofsky is blogging about it, while editing his
latest movie The Wrestler, in Malta.
The
actress, 37, rented a four-bedroom villa near Marsaxlokk
so her family – Henry, her 22-month-old son, and his
father, film director Aronofsky – can be with her during
the filming of her latest movie, Agora.
“On an
island off of Africa we cut… soon back on an island off
of New Jersey (Manhattan) but for now be happy it’s warm
in March,” Aronofsky writes.
“There’s
little to do but cut and stare up at the stars, so we
should move quickly.”
He even
found some time to sample the not-so-local food on
offer. “There’s a Chinese restaurant on the main corner
of the village we’ve found ourselves in. The first
listing under poultry is: lemon chicken (not a good
sign). There’s also 3 rabbit dishes. Let’s take a vote:
should we try? Or should we stick to the local stuff?”
Stick to
the fish – that’s why it’s called a fishing village.
Principal
photography began 17 March on the big-budget historical
Egyptian epic Agora by Academy Award-winner Alejandro
Amenábar. The shoot on location in Malta will take about
15 weeks. Nearly 400 locals were employed preparing the
largest set ever built on Malta for the movie, which has
a €50 million budget. It is also the first film shot in
Malta following new incentives for the film industry
introduced by the government in December. Production
will wrap up in July.
Weisz plays
the real-life figure Hypatia of Alexandria, the Western
world’s first female astronomer and philosopher. Her
leading man is Max Minghella (Art School Confidential)
as Hypatia’s slave, Davus, who is torn between his
secret love for her and the freedom he could gain by
joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Agora is
Alejandro Amenábar’s second English-language feature
after the global box office hit The Others. |
