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"Downton Abbey&amp;#039;s Jessica Brown Findlay has been cast as the female lead in upcoming fantasy drama Winter&amp;#039;s Tale.  Deadline reports that Findlay will play a dying young woman who falls in love with a thief after he breaks into her home. The film takes place in both 19th century and contemporary New York, and is adapted by writer-director Akiva Goldsman from Mark Helprin&amp;#039;s 1983 novel of the same name.  Goldsman, best known for penning the screenplays for A Beautiful Mind, The Da Vinci Code and Angels &amp;amp; Demons among others, will make his feature directorial debut with the film.  As previously reported, Russell Crowe is in talks to play one of the film&amp;#039;s villains, with Will Smith also rumoured to be attached. Meanwhile, Aaron Johnson and Garrett Hedlund are reportedly leading the pack to play the thieving male lead.  Filming is due to begin this October in New York.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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