Molly Shannon eats cake with 'Marie-Antoinette'
Posted Friday, March 4, 2005 at 3:47 PM Central
by John Couture
Typically funny girl Molly Shannon is shelving her quick wit for a starring role in Sofia Coppola's Marie-Antoinette. Shannon is set to play Anne Victoire, a lady of the court who also happens to be Marie-Antoinette's aunt.
Kirsten Dunst has been cast in the lead role of the controversial French monarch who quite literally loses her head for suspected treason. Principal photography begins next month in Paris with a 2006 release targeted.