Emmy Rossum, star of Showtime’s hit US take on SHAMELESS has bagged one of the lead roles in the new 2S and Di Novi Pictures film, YOU ARE NOT YOU directed by George C. Wolfe (NIGHTS IN RODANTHE) based on the novel by Michelle Wildgen.
Rossum portrays a young egotistical college student who finds herself taking a part-time job looking after a woman (Swank) with Lou Gehrig’s disease, a debilitating illness of the muscles with no cure. Rossum’s character is forced to confront the reality of a disease on someone’s life and reassess her place in the world as well as her own relationships with the people in her life.
She is set to star opposite Academy Award-winning Hilary Swank who is also directing along with her producing partner at 2S, Molly Smith, as well as Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan (both of Di Novi Pictures). This is set to be a busy few months for Rossum, who is represented by ICM Partners, Schiff Co.and Ziffren Brittenham, art from her continuing role in SHAMELESS she is also set to appear in Alcon’s adaptation of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES released in February 2013. Emmy Rossum seems to be one in a talented group of young actresses from Cary Mulligan to the Fanning sisters who seem to have their movie career fingers in every metaphorical movie pie in Hollywood at the moment and I suspect she will be a household name in the UK by this time next year.
Source: THR
