Carla Gugino to play Vivien Leigh in upcoming biopic

According to Variety, the film will take place in the 1960s and follow Leigh as she prepares to star in a Broadway production of John Gielgud's adaptation of Chekhov's Ivanov. It will depict Leigh's struggles with bipolar disorder and electroconvulsive therapy, as well as an unexpected romance with Joseph Penn, a World War II veteran and florist who first encounters Leigh while making a delivery.


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