Paz Vega to portray Maria Callas in 'Grace of Monaco'

Spanish actress Paz Vega joins Nicole Kidman in the cast of a biopic of Princess Grace of Monaco directed by Olivier Dahan (La Vie en rose).

Thirty-six-year-old Vega will embody soprano Maria Callas, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Nicole Kidman will portray the glamorous muse of Alfred Hitchcock who became Monaco royalty after marrying Prince Rainier III.

Scripted by Arash Amel, this Franco-American co-production will center on the diplomatic crisis of 1962 between France and the principality, reportedly in an approach similar to The King's Speech, which focused on King George VI's efforts to overcome his stammer before announcing his country was joining the war.