White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood lands huge new film role alongside Angelina Jolie

WHITE Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood had landed a top film role alongside Hollywood royalty Angelina Jolie.

The British actress is set to play a reluctant bank robber — with Oscar-winner Ange, 49,  as one of her accidental  hostages.

Aimee Lou Wood at the HBO's "The White Lotus" Season 3 Finale Event.

3

Aimee Lou Wood has landed a huge new film role alongside Angelina JolieCredit: Getty
Angelina Jolie on a red carpet.

3

Oscar-winner Angelina will play one of Aimee’s accidental hostagesCredit: Getty

The project — an adaptation of best-selling novel   Anxious People — is expected to prove popular among movie executives at this week’s Cannes Film Festival in the south of France.

Marc Forster, behind the camera for James Bond film Quantum of Solace, is lined up to direct.

Anxious People is a 2019 book  by the Swedish author Fredrik Backman.

It is being adapted by screenwriter David Magee  — who worked on box office hits Life of Pi and Finding Neverland.

READ MORE ON AIMEE LOU WOOD

A Swedish telly series was aired on Netflix in 2021

Aimee, 31, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, is  one of the country’s rising  stars thanks to her stand-out role in the latest series of HBO’s comedy-drama The White Lotus.

She previously won a Bafta for Best Female Comedy Performance in the Netflix series Sex Education.

Aimee Lou Wood in a scene from "The White Lotus."

3

Aimee is a rising star thanks to her stand-out role in the latest series of The White LotusCredit: AP
You May Also Like

Florence Welch reveals she nearly died after devastating ectopic pregnancy on stage

FLORENCE Welch has candidly admitted she almost died after suffering a devastating…

I’m a Strictly insider and I KNOW which professional dancers are secretly using fat jabs – it’s so worrying

IT seems like every day there’s some new drama around Strictly –…

Take That 2026 tickets LIVE: The Circus shows on general sale NOW – how to get tickets

Queue watch Seeing the spinner or a long queue number is normal…

Margot Robbie’s new £33m film BOMBS at UK box office despite star wearing see-through gown to promote it

BARBIE star Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell’s new £33million movie has bombed…