The mystery of miscasting for new Grace Kelly biopic

We’ve been waiting a long time for it, but the new — and very

GRACE OF MONACO was first scheduled for release at the end of November 2013, then it was re-scheduled for March, before being pulled from the release schedule indefinitely. Finally it was announced that the film would open the 2014 Cannes Film Festival next month, playing out of competition.

Apart from the scheduling issues, there’s one very obvious problem with the new biopic of Grace Kelly — she is unmistakably Nicole Kidman. It’s very hard to be Grace Kelly when you are Nicole Kidman, because you are, well, Nicole Kidman. Not Grace Kelly.