Art thou up for it, Sienna?

by BAZ BAMIGBOYE

Last updated at 09:39 23 February 2007


Sienna Miller is in talks to star in the world's most famous tale about star-crossed lovers. No, it's not about her now-over relationship with Jude Law, but a new production of Romeo And Juliet.

The 25-year-old actress has been discussing the possibility of playing Juliet in Central Park, New York, for a month from June 5.

She told me recently that she wants to return to the stage, having played in the the Young Vic's version of the Bard's As You Like It with Helen McCrory in the West End two years ago.

Over the past 12 months, Sienna has shot five films, to be released throughout the year, beginning with Factory Girl, in which she portrays tragic Andy Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick. So to follow that work with a high-profile play would be a shrewd move.

Sienna, who studied at the famed Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York, has trodden the boards in Manhattan before, but only in off-off Broadway productions while she was studying.

Starring as one of Shakespeare's landmark characters in the Public Theatre's prestigious free Shakespeare In The Park Festival would create a sensation.

My sources here in Hollywood, and also in New York and in London, carefully categorised the discussions between Sienna and Romeo And Juliet director Michael Greif as 'rumour', explaining that the role had not yet been officially offered to the actress.

Oscar Isaac, an up-and-coming Guatemalan-born actor who played Joseph in the film The Nativity Story (he'll also appear opposite Benicio del Toro in Steven Soderbergh's movie about Che Guevara, Guerrilla) has, I gather, been asked to play Romeo.

Sienna's other upcoming movies include Interview, in which she gives a powerful performance (I think it's the best she's been on screen so far) as a TV soap diva, and Matthew Vaughn's romantic fantasy adventure film, Stardust.

The actress will hit LA any minute, just as the Oscar festivities swing into top gear.

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