THE FLORIST BIOPIC
CARLA GUGINO TO PLAY VIVIEN LEIGH
As Variety reports, in Nick Sandow's new movie THE FLORIST Carla Gugino is set to play Vivien Leigh. It will explore Leigh’s struggle with bipolar disorder in the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway production of John Gielgud’s Chekhov adaptation of Ivanov. Leigh collides with Joseph 
Penn, a WWII veteran and blue-collar florist who encounters Leigh on a delivery. At the same time, the star attends a local psychiatric facility for electroconvulsive therapy. Amidst the backdrop of madness Leigh and Penn become each other’s sources of truth, beauty, and love.
Penn, a WWII veteran and blue-collar florist who encounters Leigh on a delivery. At the same time, the star attends a local psychiatric facility for electroconvulsive therapy. Amidst the backdrop of madness Leigh and Penn become each other’s sources of truth, beauty, and love.