Keira Knightly has done it, so have Anna Mouglalis and Audrey Tautou, but now it is Kristen Stewart's turn to take on the formidable role of Coco Chanel. As if the pressure wasn't already on, it's not for an independent project, but for her eponymous fashion house itself, and creative director Karl Lagerfeld is in the director's chair.
The film, which is to be shown at the Chanel Metiers d'Art show this December in Rome, is billed as "a fictional, behind-the-scenes look at a yet-to-be-made biopic about founder Gabrielle Chanel", reports WWD, and shows Stewart "portraying an actress slated to impersonate the designer as a young woman". According to Lagerfeld, who penned the script, the former child star did nothing but impress.
"She played it really, really mean," he said. "You only see her in tests and she's complaining about everything," he said, confirming that Stewart "relished" the role, reports WWD. "She's mean with the director; mean with the producer."
Stewart is no stranger to the French fashion house. A regular on the front row for both ready-to-wear and couture collections over the years, she has appeared as the face of its eyewear collection, on previous advertising campaigns, and even took to the catwalk herself at its most recent couture show. Apt, therefore, that the brand favourite should play its founder.
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