John Ruskin是英国维多利亚时代的艺术家、诗人、建筑师、思想家，还扶持培养了一批年轻艺术家，不过成为社会新闻的却是他与Effie Gray的婚姻，两人结婚6年之后Effie要求中止婚姻，理由是两人“从未真正成为夫妻”，这桩官司成为一时谈资。John Ruskin承认两人从没上过床，但为自己辩护说妻子的“某种状况”破坏了他的激情。Effie Gray离婚后，嫁给了受John Ruskin重视提拔的画家John Everett Millais。据艾玛·汤普森说，这部新片将从两人的新婚之夜开始，通过John Ruskin的经历和性格来解开这个谜团。 2011.08.17.达科塔取代西尔莎成为《Effie》女主角. Dakota Fanning replacing Saoirse Ronan in Emma Thompson's 'Effie' August 16 Source: Deadline  Just la st Nove mber, on e Casting Tidb its upd ate reveal ed The Lo vely Bones  star Sa oirse Ronan landed the tit le role in Effie, a biopic abo ut Effie Gray, t he wife  of English  art crit ic John Rusk in, who became entangled  in a famous V ictorian  love triangle.  Now Dead line reports D akota F anning will sta r in the period drama fr om writer /actres****a T hompson which ch ronicles the st range romance , or lac k thereof, between G ray and Ruskin. Despite her be auty, Ruskin w as said to be disgusted wit h Gray&am p;#39;s body, did no t consummate the marriage  and annulle d it,  allowing her to mar ry Ruskin 's  protégé John Eve rett Mi llais.T hough Or lando Bloom was on ce attached to play Mill ais, a pparently Tom  Sturridge (P irate Radio) h as steppe d into the role . In additi on, Thomps on will also st ar in the  film as L ady Eastl ake, w ho takes E ffie under  her wing w hen it becomes  clear t he unio n was d estroying the young woman. Her husbandGre g Wise (Johnn y English) wil l play Ruski n while Ju lie Walters ( Harry Potter f ranchise) and  Derek Jacob i (The Ki ng&#39 ;s Speech) wil l play his par ents. Fin ally, Edwa rd Fox ( Gandhi) is in talks t o play Eastl ake& #39;s husb and Sir Cha rles a man  who was not only fe d up with R uskin and his  radical ideas,  but also t he main pat ron of  the Roya l Academy wh ich held sway o ver what  constituted  fine art. Ri chard Laxton (An En glishma n in New York) is directin g the film which be gins shooting i n Scotland on  October 17t h with shootin g to foll ow in London  and Venice as  well. Th e cast h as been shuf fled on this p roject fo r awhile with C arey Mulligan once att ached to the title ro le as w ell, but a copyright inf ringement cla im held up the film, which resu lted in sched uling conflic ts for the pr eviously a ttached cast members. Pr oducer Don Rosenfeld say s, &q uot;It’****a T hompson’s fir st origina l script after doing se veral fin e adaptati ons, and i t gets to t he heart of Victor ian England. " Tho ugh this sounds a bit m ore along t he lines of h er work  on Sense and S ensibilit y as opposed to Nanny  McPhee, h er work on th e page sho uld make fo r a great B ritish  drama do wn the road.　　 John Ruskin是英国维 多利亚时代的艺术家、诗人、 建筑师、思想家，还扶持培养了一 批年轻艺术家，不过成为社会 新闻的却是他与Effie  Gray的婚姻，两人结婚6 年之后Effie要求中止婚 姻，理