Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has reportedly agreed to star in Woody Allen’s next film. The French newspaper Le Parisien reports that the 73-year-old filmmaker will direct France’s First Lady in an unnamed project that will begin shooting in 2010. Bruni-Sarkozy, 41, a musician and former supermodel, had a brief acting role in Robert Altman’s 1994 film Prêt-à-Porter.
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