Paltrow set for Peggy Lee role

Gwyneth Paltrow is set to star as the late singer Peggy Lee in a film about the life of American writer Truman Capote.

15:27 14 August 2004

Gwyneth Paltrow is set to star as the late singer Peggy Lee in a film about the life of American writer Truman Capote.

Paltrow, the wife of Coldplay singer Chris Martin, will appear in the film alongside Mark Wahlberg, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver and Toby Jones in the movie, Every Word Is True.

Tha all-star cast will assemble for production next January, according to Variety magazine, with Jones taking the part of Capote, the author of non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.

Meanwhile, Paltrow, an Oscar winner for her performance in Shakespeare with Love, will appear as Lee, who famously collaborated with Capote in some of her best known songs.

The production is said to be budgeted at 6million with the film set for release in late 2005.