Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“Chevalier,” a new period drama from Searchlight Pictures, has cast up-and-coming actor Alex Fitzalan in a supporting role.He joins the previously announced Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving and Minnie Driver in the drama, which follows the remarkable life of Chevalier de Saint-Georges (also known as The Black Mozart).Fitzalan will play the role of Philippe in the film, which tells the story of the illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner.
Saint-Georges (Harrison Jr.) rose to improbable heights in French society as a world-famous fencer and celebrated violinist-composer, only to face an abrupt downfall after an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette and her.
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