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Norah to act in Wong Kar Wai's next
Uma Da Cunha, From Cannes
With the hustle and hassle of the Cannes festival just over, its streets now empty of rushing crowds and vehicles, one could see the city details and its landscape better. At the time of leaving, one particular huge hoarding stood out at key points. It showed leading US-based singer Norah Jones, her dark eyes looking searchingly out of a lovely innocent young face. The hoardings, as one would expect, were not about a music event. They announced a film, hence its significance at Cannes. They made just one statement: that Norah Jones was to star in the new film to be directed by the top-line Chinese director, Wong Kar Wai (also jury chairman at Cannes this year) in his new film, My Blueberry Nights.
Wong Kar Wai had said when he saw Norah Jones recently he knew straightaway she was right for the lead role. He made a special trip to the US to meet her, and was delighted when she agreed to star in the film. It was only after he signed her that he began his search for her co-stars. "Ed Harris will be in the film", confirmed Wong Kar Wai, "And we are talking to Kevin Spacey."
My Blueberry Nights will be Chinese director Wong Kar Wai's first English language film and also his first to be shot in the United States. Norah Jones leads the cast as a young woman journeying across the US in her attempt to discover the meaning of love. The director has been spotlighted in Cannes in recent years, winning acclaim and awards for his films. In 1997 his film Happy Together won the Best Director prize in Cannes, and in 2000 his film In The Mood Of Love was a Cannes highlight, with actor Tony Leung winning best actor award.
Starring in a Wong Kar Wai film is a unique marque spot for the Grammy award-winning Geetali Norah Jones Shankar. Brought up in the United States, she was raised entirely by her single mother, former nurse and singer Sue Jones, with no contact at all of her Indian side and father until much later in her life.
My Blueberry Nights will be Norah's first big movie. She has one screen role to her name, acting as herself in Two Weeks Notice made in 2002. This was the year that Norah Jones shot overnight to international fame, when her song Come Away With Me suddenly became one of the year's big-seller, climbing to the top of both the jazz and mainstream charts, and scoring eight Grammy awards (including those for Record Of The Year and Best New Artist). Suddenly a world name, the young Norah found every aspect of her life being scrutinized by the media, including her relationship with her estranged father. She later was reunited with him and her half-sister Anoushka. In 2004, Norah came out with yet another huge success with her song, Feels Like Home.
Wong Kar Wai intends to begin his shoot with Norah Jones in July, adding ruefully, "I regret not spending the summer holidays with my family — and missing seeing the World Cup being held in July in Germany with my son."
And for Norah Jones, the challenge is immense. The league she is now in can be measured by the next film Lady from Shanghai that Wong Kar Wai already has planned for 2007. It stars Nicole Kidman no less.
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