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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Baz Luhrmann Has Cast a Queen’s Gambit Star in His Upcoming Joan of Arc Movie · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Anna Taylor's Joy's portrayal of Beth Harmon
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  Speaker 1: in The Queen's Gambit turned her into a household name,
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  Speaker 1: and now the other young actress who also portrayed the
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  Speaker 1: chess champion in the series, is up for a role
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  Speaker 1: that may launch her into the a list. Ala Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: who played the child version of Beth Harmon on The
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  Speaker 1: Queen's Gambit, has been offered the lead in Boz Lehrmann's
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  Speaker 1: epic Joan of Arc biopic Gen d Arc. Playing Joan
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  Speaker 1: was one of the hottest gigs for rising actresses in town,
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  Speaker 1: with hundreds of girls auditioning for the role after Luhrman's
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two movie Elvis launched Austin Butler into the stratosphere,
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  Speaker 1: but Deadline reports that Elah stood out over all other
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  Speaker 1: hopefuls while portraying Gen d'Arc, who's a patron saint in
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  Speaker 1: France after leaving the Siege of Orleans in fourteen hundred
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  Speaker 1: at only eighteen years old, is a tall order. Boz
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  Speaker 1: is confident in Isla. Jean de Arc is expected to
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  Speaker 1: go into production next year. That's direct from Hollywood.