The Marigold Effect: Timothy Spall, Joanna Lumley and Imelda Staunton to star in Finding Your Feet, aimed at older audience

Celia Imrie and David Hayman are also set to appear in the film, which hopes to tap into the success of the "grey pound"
Inspiration: film-makers are hoping to replicate the success of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Dalya Alberge8 September 2016

Some of Britain’s best-loved actors are to star in a romantic comedy set to tap into the success of “grey pound” movies such as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, David Hayman, Joanna Lumley and Imelda Staunton will appear in Finding Your Feet, which will be made at Twickenham Studios and in Rome from next month.

The appeal of films The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Quartet among older audiences helped them to rake in £101 million and £44 million respectively.

In Finding Your Feet, Staunton stars as a woman who seeks refuge with her estranged older sister, played by Imrie, in London after discovering her husband is having an affair with her best friend.

Star: Imelda Staunton will take the lead, as a woman seeking refuge with her older sister
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It is directed by Richard Loncraine, whose credits include Richard III with Ian McKellen and Firewall with Harrison Ford.

Staunton’s previous acclaimed performances include Mike Leigh’s Vera Drake, Spall’s include Leigh’s Mr Turner, and Imrie’s include the two Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films.

Hayman starred as DCS Mike Walker in ITV drama Trial And Retribution, and Lumley played Patsy Stone in the Absolutely Fabulous series and hit film spin-off, which grossed £26 million worldwide.

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Finding Your Feet writers Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft said: “We are thrilled we have secured such an iconic director and assembled a cast of Britain’s most loved and gifted actors.”

The UK distribution rights belong to Entertainment One, whose film Spotlight won this year’s best film Oscar.

News of the production comes ahead of the release on September 30 of Moorcroft’s film Urban Hymn, a coming-of-age story of a young offender.

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