Tea at Trianon: Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace

Nicole Kidman plays Grace of Monaco

A new film is in the works.

The biopic, titled Grace of Monaco, tells the story of the Philadelphia-born star, who made it big in Hollywood before she married Price Rainier of Monaco in 1956. Helmed by La Vie en Rose director Olivier Dahn, and with a reported $30million budget, the film also co-stars Parker Posey and Milo Ventimiglia. Grace of Monaco is scheduled for release some time in 2014. (Read entire article.)

The Real Princess Grace

Rozen van papier said...: J'ai toujours admiré Grace de Monaco. Ce sera difficile de jouer Grace de Monaco sauf qu'elle est gracieuse comme la vraie Grace. Il y aune coïncidence que ma fille ressemble beaucoup à Grace de Monaco, blonde naturelle aussi.

Janny
http://rozenvanpapier.blogspot.com; November 3, 2012 at 10:47:00 AM EDT
Dymphna said...: Nicole is too old, skinny and hard lookingto play Princess Grace.; November 3, 2012 at 10:54:00 AM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: Oui, d'accord!; November 3, 2012 at 11:00:00 AM EDT
Orchard Ville said...: They found someone who's fit to play the role of Princess Grace but never Marie Antoinette. Hopefully, one day, Hollywood will be able to, and at the same time produce a movie about Marie Antoinette's transformation from a free-spirited and carefree person to a very courageous and wise woman. Also, may the story be historically accurate.; November 3, 2012 at 11:11:00 AM EDT
Hans Georg Lundahl said...: OV, that is likelier to happen outside Hollywood.; July 8, 2015 at 8:36:00 AM EDT