Pacino to Play Salvador Dali
Al Pacino will star in an upcoming movie about Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali, with Irish actor Cillian Murphy as the costar.” Dali & I: The Surreal Story”, which will span the 1960s-80s, follows the time in Dali’s life when most of his great work was behind him and he became more flamboyant. Dali (Pacino) also developed a mentor-protege relationship with a young art dealer named Stan Lauryssens (Murphy).
The film is scheduled to begin shooting in early 2008 on location in New York and Spain. Andrew Niccol is directing. The plum part of Dali’s wife, Gala, has yet to be cast.
