Don't you think it is about time for a movie about Ella. There have been so many semi-accurate to almost completely fiction movies about her more famous sister and her family. And practically all of them ignore the older sister completely. She practically doesn't exist, or perhaps is to profound for the movie directors. In many ways Ella is a so much more fascinating and more interesting character than Alix. I could never imagine a movie solely about Alexandra without also concentrating heavily on her husband, children and, of course, Rasputin and even Anna. Ella is, at least for me, a totally different story. A society beauty turning into a nun! In fact there is so much about her to be explored in a movie that you might even need a mini-series to do justice not just to the story of her life but , more importantly, to her complex and fascinating character, merits, flaws and all.
My candidate for the role of Ella would definitely be Nicole Kidman. There is certainly a resemblance, but they also share the same kind of stunning elegant beauty. A Grace Kelly could have been a wonderfully graceful Ella as well, although I would have a hard time imagining her both as a vivacious society lady, as Ella was in her younger days, and in a nun's habit. But I think Kidman could pull it off wonderfully.
Whom would you cast?
PS. Who would be your Sergei?
