About A New Leading Lady

The addition of Rachel Weisz, and a confirmation of the role starring Toni Colette have recently strengthened the already impressive cast of About A Boy. The movie - which is based on the best selling story by Nick Hornby - already has Hugh Grant in the role of lead male, and is to be produced by Robert De Niro. Having only recently completed the World War 2 epic Enemy at the Gates, Rachel Weisz has agreed to star in the film, taking the major role of Rachel, not as reported in The Sunday Telegraph the role of the single mother. That part goes to Toni Colette - The Sixth Sense - who attracts the attention of womanising Will (Hugh Grant). Colette was, however, the casting director