“Ramy” star Ramy Youssef is in talks to join the cast of “Poor Things,” the next film from “The Favourite” director Yorgos Lanthimos that stars Emma Stone, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Willem Dafoe is also in talks to join the film that’s set up at Searchlight and Film4. Lanthimos’ film is an adaptation of the novel “Poor Things” by Alasdair Grey, and Tony McNamara, the screenwriter on “The Favourite” and the Hulu series “The Great,” is writing the script.
“Poor Things” is set in the Victorian era and stars Stone as a young woman brought back to life by an eccentric, brilliant scientist.