Billie Piper has joined the cast of Lena Dunham’s feature adaptation of “Catherine, Called Birdy” for Working Title and Amazon.Piper stars in the medieval coming-of-age comedy opposite “Fleabag’s” Andrew Scott and “Game of Thrones” breakout Bella Ramsey.
The film, written and directed by Dunham, is in the early stages of production.“Catherine, Called Birdy” has been a longtime passion project for Dunham, who first announced plans to adapt the award-winning 1994 children’s novel by Karen Cushman into a film in 2014.
The coming of age story, set in 13th century England, follows a 14-year-old girl named Catherine (Ramsey) who “bucks against convention,” namely the arranged marriages her father (Scott) has planned out for her.
Piper will play Catherine’s mother.Working Title, in association with Dunham’s Good Thing Going banner, is producing the project.Earlier this month, Variety exclusively reported that Dunham recently wrapped a secret feature titled,
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