Soderbergh Discusses Liberace Biopic

Steven Soderbergh, fresh off The Informant!, discussed with MTV Movies Blog the tone of his upcoming Liberace biopic, which will feature Michael Douglas as the glamor god himself and Matt Damon as his young lover, Scott Thorson.

According to MTV’s in-depth research of the subject,

“Thorson met Liberace when he was 17 years old and was hired by the performer as a friend and companion, a role that had him flying all over the world and getting flooded with lavish gifts. After their relationship ended due to promiscuity and drug addiction, Thorson filed a headline-grabbing $133 million lawsuit against Liberace.”

Sounds like some good material for a film that seems like it’s shaping up to be an otherwise inconsequential footnote in Soderbergh’s sophisticated career. The director also talked about the tone of the film, which will straddle a line between drama and obvious comedy:

“I don’t think it’s a comedy, but it’s pretty funny because the environment and the lifestyle are so extreme that even just having these guys carry on a quote-unquote ‘normal’ conversation in one of these rooms wearing the clothes that they wore, it’s hard to look at that and take it at face value.”

Last we heard, the untitled Liberace film was being written by P.S. I Love You scribe Richard LaGravenese. Unless substantial revisions have occurred, it’s likely the finished product is still under LaGravenese’s pen.

More details as they arrive on AtomicPopcorn.net!