RUPERT EVANS CHOOSES MALTA

Fresh from his lark as King Richard IV in TV’s spoof The Palace, he will deal with more serious issues in a drama set in early Egypt.

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Directed by Chilean Alejandro (The Others) Amenabar, the film, titled Agora, centres on a slave who looks to the new faith, Christianity, for freedom, while also falling in love with his master, a female philosophy professor and atheist.

Shooting is underway in Malta and Rachel Weisz (pictured left in My Blueberry Nights), is already on location, as Hypatia, the iconoclastic slave master.

Evans, just 21 years old this month, should be on the lookout for acting tips as he will be working alongside several leading foreign stars, including Ashraf Barhom, who featured in The Kingdom and Paradise Now, and Homayoun Ershadi, the charismatic lawyer in The Kite Runner.

Fortunately, in case Evans ever finds himself overwhelmed by the location and the company, he can turn to Max Minghella, Antony Minghella’s son, who joined the cast earlier.

Filed March 11, 2008.