Jamie Dornan (grey franchise, exceptional maniac thriller The Fall) and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister of Game of Thrones) combine their artistic talents for the HBO TV movie My Dinner with Herve, long years languishing in development.
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Jamie Dornan (grey franchise, exceptional maniac thriller The Fall) and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister of Game of Thrones) combine their artistic talents for the HBO TV movie My Dinner with Herve, long years languishing in development.
At the same time, Peter, according to Deadline, will co-produce the picture.
The script, written by Sasha Gervasi based on his own story, centers on a "one-night stand" in Los Angeles between journalist Danny Tate (Dornan) and actor Herve Villechaise (Dinklage), which "became fateful for both." Tate then took an extensive and frank interview with Herve – just on the eve of the latter's death.
"Hervé was not just a pop culture icon, he was one of the most charming and educated people I have ever met," comments Gervasi. "His story is the story of a gifted loser trying to find his place in the world."
Gervasi (screenwriter of "Terminal" with Tom Hanks, "Hitchcock" with Anthony Hopkins, "Crime from Henry" with Reeves) will direct the picture.
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaise is a real-life French actor best known for playing Nick Naka, Scaramanga's henchman in the 1974 Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun.
Villechaise was born in Paris. The mother is English, who the father is is unknown. He was raised by his doctor stepfather. Studied art in college. In 1964 he moved to the USA. He worked as an artist, photographer, in the theater. In the 66th he began acting in films. One of the first films was Seizure (1974), Oliver Stone's feature-length horror directorial debut. Against the backdrop of problems with alcohol and chronic depression, he committed suicide in 1993.
