Washington
(ANI):
Orlando
Bloom
has
pulled
out
of
Lone
Scherfig's
An
Education
just
days
before
shooting
was
set
to
begin,
citing
scheduling
conflicts.
The
30-year-old
hunk
has
been
replaced
by
Dominic
Cooper,
who
starred
in
the
2006
big
screen
adaptation
of
Alan
Bennett's
play
The
History
Boys,
in
the
film
penned
by
oft-adapted
British
novelist
Nick
Hornby,
reports
the
Hollywood
Reporter.
Cooper
will
play
a
thirty
something
playboy
in
the
coming-of-age
drama
who
turns
the
life
of
a
17-year-old
girl
upside
down
in
early
1960s
London.
Producers
had
to
act
quickly
to
find
a
replacement
for
Bloom,
which
began
shooting
last
week
and
will
be
in
front
of
the
cameras
until
May
on
location
in
and
around
London,
Oxford
and
Paris.
Cooper
joins
a
cast
boasting
a
host
of
beloved
actors,
including
Emma
Thompson,
Peter
Sarsgaard,
Carey
Mulligan,
Alfred
Molina
and
Rosamund
Pike,
Olivia
Williams
and
Sally
Hawkins.
Cara
Seymour,
whose
credits
include
The
Savages,
Hotel
Rwanda
and
Adaptation,
is
also
signing
up
for
Scherfig's
latest.
Produced
by
Finola
Dwyer
and
Amanda
Posey,
the
film
was
developed
from
an
early
stage
with
BBC
Films.
James
D.
Stern's
Endgame
Entertainment
and
BBC
Films
are
financing
the
film,
with
Odyssey
Entertainment
handling
worldwide
sales.
Scherfig
is
helming
from
Hornby's
script
based
on
a
piece
of
memoir
by
British
journalist
Lynn
Barber.
Executive
producers
include
James
D.
Stern
and
Endgame
Entertainment's
Douglas
E.
Hansen
and
Wendy
Japhet,
and
David
M
Thompson
and
Jamie
Laurenson
for
BBC
Films.