A wife who has submerged her own ambition in the service of her charismatic, seemingly talented husband's career is a well-used story, but there are still ways to bring it to life, especially when you have the likes of Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce in the leads. The trailer for The Wife is now online.
Björn Runge is the director here, with scriptwriter Jane Anderson adapting Meg Wolitzer's bestseller. Close plays Joan Castleman, the supportive and tolerant wife of Joe (Pryce). For years, she's helped to nurture his literary career, forgiving his affairs and ready to attend when he wins the Nobel Prize.
But as a journalist (Christian Slater) has started to uncover, the story goes a little deeper: Joan has had more of a hand in her husband's work than anyone suspects, and there are flashbacks to their early days where the romance – and exploitation – began. And for all her calm facade, Joan is clearly a ticking time bomb of frustration and righteous anger, so who better than Close to bring that to the boil and knock down that fabricated castle, man.
With Max Irons, Harry Lloyd and Annie Starke in the cast, The Wife arrives on screens in the States on 3 August before a UK release on 28 September.
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