After India, Bali getting ready for Julia Roberts
By SAMPURNThursday, October 1, 2009
Although Oscar winner Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) is still filming in rural India, preparations are on in Bali island of Indonesia for the final leg of the shooting for Eat, Pray, Love.
A local production company in Balis capital Denpasar reportedly held a casting session to pick about 100 local actors for the movie, which lasted two days. Shooting will reportedly be held in Kuta, Ubud, etc., places in Bali from October 15 to November 11.
Based on Pushcart Prize winner Elizabeth Gilberts spirituality/travel memoir (played by Roberts), Eat, Pray, Love is about her self-discovery and soul-searching after her nasty divorce, exploring through India, Italy, and Indonesia.
After reveling in cuisine in Italy and exploring spirituality in India ashram (hermitage), she will find a balance between worldly pleasures and divine ascendancy in Bali where she will study with a ninth-generation medicine man and immerse in a love affair.
Aimed at a release in 2011 and directed by Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck); Eat, Pray, Love also stars Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Viola Davis (Doubt), Billy Crudup (Almost Famous), James Franco (Pineapple Express), Luca Argentero (Lezioni di cioccolato), etc.
-Sampurn Media
