In saying yes to the villain role in Water For Elephants, Oscar winner Christoph Waltz had to turn down the opportunity to play psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud for director David Cronenberg’s adaptation of The Talking Cure, a play by Christopher Hampton (Atonement, The Quiet American).
But the bad news stops there: Waltz’s spot has been picked up by Cronenberg regular Viggo Mortensen. The play concerns Freud and his complicated relationship with young pupil Carl Jung. When a father brings his tortured daughter Sabina to Jung for psychological help. The two begin an affair, things unravel and conflict ensues. [Deadline Hollywood]
Michael Fassbender is set to play Jung and Keira Knightley’s set to play Sabina.
Shooting starts on May 17th for a little over 2 months.
Hopefully this all goes smoothly and we see this film soon. Cronenberg needs to be making as many movies as possible with casts as good as this. He’s the best we’ve got, and Freud feels right up his alley.
Are you excited to see a film about Sigmund Freud? Directed by Cronenberg no less?