Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has landed her next starring role in a movie

Emilia Clarke has landed her next starring role in a movie An ideal wife.

That game of Thrones The actress is set to play Irish author Constance Lloyd, who was married to her wordsmith Oscar Wilde, in what appears to be a biopic about her life. diversity reports.

Details of the project are being kept under wraps for now, but the film is said to focus on Lloyd – who, in addition to her writing, was a feminist activist who advocated for women’s rights.

One of her key initiatives argued that women should have the right to shed their restrictive corsets and structured Victorian dresses in exchange for comfortable clothing.

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Meanwhile, Lloyd’s personal life was turbulent. She married Wilde in 1884 and the couple had two sons together.

But in 1895 Wilde was found guilty of gross indecency and sentenced to two years hard labor in prison – the maximum sentence at the time – after his relationships with other men were made public. Same-sex relationships between men were illegal at the time.

After Wilde was convicted, Lloyd and the children moved to Switzerland, where she began a new life without him.

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An ideal wife is led by Good luck to you Leo Grande‘s Sophie Hyde, but isn’t tied to a studio just yet as the film will hit the American Film Market this week.

This is one of several new projects Clarke has in the pipeline as she prepares to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in next year’s Disney+ series. Secret invasion.

She will join that of the crown Olivia Colman and Peaky Blinders Kingsley Ben-Adir stars as part of a cast that will also return Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn as Nick Fury and Talos.

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Despite the excitement of stepping into another hit franchise after their time war of stars and game of thronesClarke said she was afraid of the level of secrecy at Marvel.

“I’m pretty sure we can say it’s called secret invasion, but I’m scared,” Clarke told Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show.

“The first people I spoke to at Marvel were their security team, and I’m convinced there’s a man outside my house — a car has been parked there for a long time — and I swear to God he’s undercover.”

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