Joseph Fiennes is going extreme for his next role. In The Ice Man (working title), The Shakespeare in Love and The Handmaid's Tale star will play Wim Hof, the Dutch extreme athlete.
The feature comes from Genesius Pictures and Debbie Gray (A Northern Soul, Mrs Lowry & Son), from a script by Oscar-nominated writer Jeff Pope (Philomena, Stan & Ollie).
Gray will produce. Hof got his nickname 'The Iceman' by breaking a number of records related to cold exposure, including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in shorts, running a half marathon above the Arctic Circle barefoot, and standing in a container while covered with ice cubes for more than 112 minutes.
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