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 last  November, one Cas ting Tidbits up date rev ealed The  Lovely Bones  star Saoirse  Ronan lan ded the title role in Effie, a  biopic ab out Effie  Gray, the  wife of Englis h art c ritic Jo hn Ruski n, who beca me entan gled in a famous Victo rian lo ve triangle. N ow Deadline r eports Dakota Fanning will st ar in the pe riod drama fr om writer/act res**** a Thompso n which ch ronicles t he strange rom ance, or l ack thereof, between Gray and Ruski n. Despite her bea uty, Rusk in was said t o be disg usted wi th Gray&# 39;s body, did not consummate the marriage  and annul led it,  allowi ng her to mar ry Ruskin&a mp;#39;s pro tégé John E verett Mill ais.Thou gh Orland o Bloom was once attached  to play Mi llais, appa rently Tom Stur ridge (P irate Rad io) has st epped into th e role. In a ddition, Tho mpson will also star in the  film as Lady Eastl ake, who take s Effie un der her wing when it  becomes clear the union wa s destroying  the young wo man. Her husban dGreg Wise  (Johnny English) wil l play Rusk in while Julie  Walters ( Harry Potter fr anchise) and Derek Jacobi  (The King &#3 9;s Speech)  will play his pa rents.  Finally, Edward Fox  (Gandhi) is in talks  to play Eastla ke&#3 9;s husban d Sir Ch arles a man who was n ot only fed up wi th Ruskin and h is radical id eas, bu t also the main patron of the  Royal Academ y which he ld sway over w hat constit uted fin e art. Richard  Laxton (An Eng lishman in N ew York) is dir ecting t he film which b egins sho oting in Sc otland on  October 17th with sh ooting to fo llow in London  and Venice  as well . The cast ha s been shuffle d on this p roject f or awhi le with Care y Mulligan once attach ed to the title role as well, but a copyright in fringeme nt claim he ld up the film,  which  resulted in  scheduling co nflicts  for the pr eviously attached ca st members. P roducer Don Rosen feld says, " It’****a Thomps on’s first original scri pt after doing several f ine ada ptations, and it g ets to the heart of Vic torian Englan d.&q uot; Thou gh this sounds  a bit m ore along th e lines  of her work o n Sense a nd Sensibilit y as oppose d to Nanny McPh ee, he r work on  the page sh ould make for  a great  British dra ma down  the road.　　J ohn Rus kin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 Gr ay的婚姻，两人结婚6年 之后Effie要求中止婚 姻，理