Is Cara Delevingne About To Trade In The Catwalk For Hollywood?
If the rumor mill is correct model Cara Delevingne is about to swim from the runway to Neverland with a role as a mermaid in the upcoming Pan movie. Cara has previously made it clear that she has her sights set on an acting career and this whole modelling thing is just a place holder. So with, at last count, potentially five acting credits on her growing CV, will Cara soon be ditching the runway for Hollywood?
Delevingne on the big screen first happened in 2012, when the model scored a small part in Joe Wright’s 2012 adaptation of Anna Karenina, starring Kiera Knightly. Cara’s part as Princess Sorokina, the marriage interest of Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Count Vronsky was a small role, but the model must have done enough to impress director Joe Wright who is also helming the upcoming Pan. For Cara her first big acting experience was all she could have hoped for, as she described being on set as ”the best time of my life. I was, like, this is where I belong.” adding ”I’ve never worked or enjoyed myself more in my life.”
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Currently Cara has three films she’s appearing in set for release this year. There’s London Fields which stars Billy Bob Thornton and Amber Heard and features a cameo from Johnny Depp. Cara’s role is reported to be of a pregnant teenager and late last year she was pictured in a dreadlocked wig thought to be for the movie. Also upcoming is Brit flick Kids in Love, for which she filmed scenes at the Notting Hill Carnival. Directed by Chris Foggin, Cara will be sharing screen time with BAFTA rising star winner Will Poulter in the movie which is set for a September 25th release.
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Of all Cara’s currently in the works projects, the most anticipated is perhaps Michael Winterbottom’s The Face of An Angel, based on the Amanda Knox trial. Winterbottom has confined Cara will play a 21 year old English girl who strikes up a relationship with a journalist trying to make a film about the Knox trial. Kate Beckinsale is also starring in the drama which is yet to get a release date.
With three movies already in the bag for 2013 Cara’s acting career could just be gaining momentum. Now Deadline is reporting Cara has not one but two big roles on the horizon. The first is in period drama Tulip Fever which will star Dane DeHaan and is being produced by Harvey Weinstein. The second is in Pan, where Cara is said to be playing a mermaid. With Hugh Jackman signed on as Blackbeard and Amanda Seyfried just added to the cast, if Cara has bagged a Pan role she’ll certainly be joining an all star line up.
So can the catwalk expect to be waving goodbye to Ms Delevingne anytime soon? Probably not, the fashion world has been very good to Cara and she unlikely to turn her back on them just yet. Still if the roles continue to come her way, we might bank on Cara one day being referred to as an ex-model. But for now she’s probably still happy being the queen of the catwalk.