The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All The Light We Cannot See is getting an adaptation from director Shawn Levy (Free-Guy) and Netflix. The previously announced adaptation of the Anthony Doerr novel now has Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie attached to star. In addition to those two stars, Aria Mia Loberti makes her acting debut as “Marie-Laure”, the blind teenager at the center of the novel.
Here are the character bios according to Netflix:
Three time Academy Award®Nominee and Emmy Award® Winner, Mark Ruffalo will play “Daniel LeBlanc,” the principal locksmith at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. Caring and clever, he’s determined to give his blind daughter Marie as much independence as he can while also protecting her – and the secret gem they carry – from Nazi occupation.
Emmy Award® Nominee and Screen Actors Guild Award® Winner, Hugh Lauriewill play “Etienne LeBlanc,” an eccentric and reclusive World War I hero suffering from PTSD. Etienne LeBlanc is a nervous shut-in who records clandestine radio broadcasts as part of the French Resistance.
Ruffalo and Laurie join previously announced blind actress Aria Mia Loberti who will make her acting debut in the lead role as “Marie-Laure,” the blind teenager at the heart of the story, whose path collides with Werner, a German soldier, as they both try to survive the devastation of World War II in occupied France.
All The Light We Cannot See has no release date yet, but the four-part series debuts on Netflix.
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