British actress Lucy Punch will replace Nicole Kidman in Woody Allen's upcoming untitled film.
British actress Lucy Punch will replace Nicole Kidman in Woody Allen's upcoming untitled film, which also stars Indian actors Freida Pinto and Anupam Kher. Kidman had to bow out of the film because of a schedule overlap with 'The Rabbit Hole' the John Cameron Mitchell-directed film she is producing as well as starring in, Variety magazine reported.
Punch joins Hollywood A-listers Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Naomi Watts and 'Slumdog' actress Freida Pinto in the multistarrer film that Allen plans to shoot in London.
Allen has not revealed anything about the plot, characters or even his titles, but sources said Punch will play a high-priced call girl similar to Ashley Dupre, who was at the center of the scandal that brought down New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. Punch has earlier worked in CBS sitcom 'The Class' and 'Hot Fuzz'. She just finished Anna Faris-Topher Grace-starrer 'Young Americans.'