Christoph Waltz will star in the upcoming version of “Billy Wilder & Me”

• ‘Billy Wilder & Me’ will star Christophoph Waltz.
• Stephen Frears and Christopher Hampton’s film is an adaptation of Jonathan Coe’s book.
• Film described as half coming-of-age drama and part true-to-life biography of Billy Wilder.

‘Billy Wilder & Me,’ directed by Stephen Frears and Christopher Hampton, will star Christoph Waltz. The film is an adaptation of Jonathan Coe’s book, which is described as half coming-of-age drama and part true-to-life biography of Hollywood star Billy Wilder.

Following ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ and ‘Cheri,’ the film will be the third collaboration between Frears and two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter Hampton.

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Wilder is recognised for directing films such as ‘The Lost Weekend,’ ‘Irma la Douce,’ and the Marilyn Monroe-starrers ‘The Seven Year Itch’ and ‘Some Like It Hot.’ He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and diverse filmmakers of Classic Hollywood cinema.

Reads the official synopsis of the film, “In the summer of 1977, an innocent young woman begins working for famed director Billy Wilder and his screenwriter Iz Diamond on a Greek island during the filming of Fedora. When she follows Wilder to Germany to continue the shoot, she finds herself joining him on a journey of memory into the heart of his family history.”

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Waltz, who has been in films such as ‘No Time To Die’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ stated that portraying Wilder in a film was a dream come true for him.

The veteran actor added, “Billy Wilder said ‘You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning’. A Stephen Frears movie from a Christopher Hampton script produced by Jeremy Thomas should do the trick for me.”