Lily James inks deals to star in thriller The Paris Trap and crime drama Peggy Jo, cementing her leading lady status
She found fame as Lady Rose on Downton Abbey and has gone to star in box office hits Cinderella, Baby Driver, Darkest Hour and Mama Mia! Here We Go Again.
And now Lily James has inked deals to play the lead in two upcoming films, both of which will be offered to buyers at the upcoming virtual Cannes Market according to Deadline.com.
In The Paris Trap, the in demand English actress will play a victim of mistaken identity while in Peggy Jo, she’ll star as a real-life bank robber who carried out her crimes dressed as a man.
In demand: Lily James, 31, has inked two deals in the past week for starring roles in thriller The Paris Trap and true crime drama Peggy Jo. She’s pictured in London in December 2019
Lily, 31, will team with acclaimed Argentinian director Pablo Trapero for The Paris Trap which is described as a ‘Hitchcockian thriller.’
Her character is a young American woman who gets caught up in a secret government operation while on a trip to Paris.
She must go along with events in order to save her life while at the same time trying to navigate her way out of the ‘trap’ with the help of her handler,
The movie is slated to begin production in Paris early in 2021.
Breakout role: Lily found fame as Lady Rose in Downton Abbey, pictured with co-star Elizabeth McGovern
Star: Hollywood came calling when Disney cast her as the lead in the live action remake of Cinderella, released in 2015
Critical acclaim: The actress proved her acting chops as Winston Churchill’s secretary in 2017’s Darkest Hour, which won Gary Oldman a Best Actor Oscar
For Peggy Jo, Lily is partnering with Australian director Philip Noyce, famous for such films as Dead Calm, Patriot Games, The Saint, The Quiet American and Salt.
The crime drama is set to film on location in the United States.
She will next be seen, though, on the small screen in an adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca for Netflix.
Armie Hammer stars as her husband Maxim De Winter with Kristin Scott Thomas as housekeeper Mrs. Danvers in the movie set for release some time this year.
Twists and turns: Lily will team with Argentinian director Pablo Trapero for The Paris Trap which is described as a ‘Hitchcockian thriller’ and is slated to film in the French capital in 2021
Crime caper: In drama Peggy Jo, she’ll star for Australian director Philip Noyce as a real-life bank robber who carried out her crimes dressed as a man