A Hollywood A-Lister is making the move to a TV screen near you
Making the move from film to television has proved to work out pretty well for some Hollywood stars.
Unless you managed to miss all of the fuss surrounding last year’s True Detective, you might have noticed that Matthew McConaughey managed to firmly reinstate himself in the public’s collective consciousness.
No surprise then that a few others are looking into TV for future roles. Anne Hathaway is the latest actor to have made the move.
Anne Hathaway to star in "The Ambassador's Wife" (based on the novel) — a TV series that is being produced w/out a US outlet attached #EGOT
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) August 18, 2015
The 32-year old Les Miserablés star is set to join the cast of a television series based on the book the Ambassador’s Wife.
Written by Jennifer Steil, the wife of an ambassador herself, the story moves from the past to the present to introduce us to a Muslim country in turmoil and the sheltered life led by a diplomat’s wife (Anne’s character).
Vanity Fair is comparing the series to Homeland. They also draw some comparisons between Anne’s new series and the mini-series The Honourable Woman which starred Maggie Gyllenhaal, who was also cast in Christopher Nolan's series of Dark Knight films.
Many people are apparently wondering if this news come mean Anne would be in the running for landing her own EGOT, which would mean winning a Grammy, Oscar, Tony Award and an Emmy for her television appearance.
However, it’s important to remember that she already has an Emmy award for her voice-over acting in the Simpsons from 2012. So, she still has a way to go before landing the EGOT career milestone.
