Comments on: Nicole Kidman Reportedly Joins ‘Genius’ With Michael Fassbender & Colin Firth

By: lillth

lillth — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:45:57 +0000

Berstein was 45 when she started sleeping with Wolfe.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:45:57 +0000

I've never of an actor and an actress doing four films together in a year or two.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:45:57 +0000

I wouldn't be too sure that is going forward soon or that Fassbender is still attached to it. He's going to start working on Trespass Against Us within the next month or so. And one of the actors said that the project has an intensive pre-production prep period. In the fall, he's either shooting Prometheus 2 or Assassin's Creed/Brotherhood.

By: jason

jason — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:45:57 +0000

If this is true I agree that she's probably playing Bernstein. Kidman is 9, nearly 10, years older than Fassbender and, while that still skews a bit young for Bernstein, I could easily see that working. Plus, that has to be the only significant female role here, unless Perkins' wife had some interesting things going on that we don't know about.

And considering Wolfe died when he was 37 (way past the era the film would focus on), I don't think they're being sticklers when it comes to age considering that's how old Fassbender is now.

By: lillth

lillth — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:45:57 +0000

She's going to be Aline Bernstein, who was the older woman having an affair with the younger man Thomas Wolfe!

By: BEF

BEF — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:45:57 +0000

Bernstein was 18 years older than Wolfe, so that'd be a good bet, as Kidman is ten years older than Fassbender.

By: Elle

Elle — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:45:56 +0000

Kidman could very well be playing Louise Perkins, Max Perkins' wife, who was a complicated person, a frustrated actress and talented writer to boot. I can't begin to imagine her as Aline. Ugh!

Also, Wolfe's relationship with Aline was ending just as Wolfe began working with Perkins. In fact, initially, Aline blamed Perkins' influence for the split. But Wolfe was ready to move on and Aline didn't want to give him up.

What's very sad about the casting is that Tim Robbins would have been perfect for Wolfe about 20 years ago but he's too old now. But I can still see Fassbender pulling it off–he's just got to put on about 50 pounds.