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Natalie Portman To Play Pioneering DNA Scientist Rosalind Franklin In ‘Photograph 51’ For Director Tom Hooper & FilmNation — Cannes Market Hot Project
Oscar winner Natalie Portman is set to star in Photograph 51 for The King's Speech director Tom Hooper.
Oscar winner Hooper is directing the pic which is inspired by the true story of Rosalind Franklin, the groundbreaking British scientist who first unveiled the hidden structure of DNA but whose legacy has been overshadowed. Photograph 51 will uncover the story behind the brilliant scientist whose pioneering work in x-ray crystallography captured the image that revealed DNA’s double-helix structure, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for all known life. Franklin’s pivotal role has remained largely in the shadows but Photograph 51 aims to reveal her quest to uncover the secret codes of all human life as she navigates both her colleagues and rivals before her untimely death at the age of only 37.
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