For generations that are only now discovering Isabella Rossellini, nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Conclave, they don’t understand what it means for her to receive this recognition at the age of 72. Daughter of a film legend, Ingrid Bergman, winner of two Oscars, Isabella is the daughter of a renowned Italian director, was married to and muse of David Lynch and Martin Scorsese, and also dated Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gary Oldman. In other words, she has always been in the shadow of great artists, even though she is a model and an excellent actress.

Although the chance of Isabella taking the Oscar for Best Actress from Zoe Saldaña is zero, it is wonderful to understand that she is returning to the scene with everything. It was announced this week that she will play none other than Suzanne Blum in The Bitter End, the controversial French lawyer who “took care” of Wallis Simpson at the end of her life, for many, maliciously. The film, directed by Mike Newell, will show the last years of the life of the Duchess of Windsor, played by Joan Collins.

Suzanne Blum was a famous lawyer in France who gained the trust of Wallis Simpson to the point that she became her sole executive and spokesperson, but biographers claim that she achieved this position through coercion, control, and manipulation. The dynamic between the two is a kind of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? in real life.

Wallis “fell” for Suzanne’s talk because she had a reputation as one of the toughest lawyers of her time and was married to a trusted man of Edward VIII. Before anyone knew it, in 1977, Suzanne became the sole representative of the Duchess, whose poor health left her practically confined to her room in Paris, with memory lapses and physical weakness. Mistreatment also entered the biography of both women. Wallis died in April 1986, with dementia that left her unable to speak, and Suzanne Blum continued to live off the fortune she inherited until she died in 1994.

It’s a big role for any actress, and Isabella will certainly put on a show. We’ll keep following all the news!

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