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Damson Idris To Star As Miles Davis In 'Miles & Juliette' Romance Film Produced By Mick Jagger
Damson Idris To Star As Miles Davis In 'Miles & Juliette' Romance Film Produced By Mick Jagger

Damson Idris has been tapped to star as music legend Miles Davis in the upcoming period romance film, Miles & Juliette, produced by Mick Jagger. Anamaria Vartolomei will co-star as French singer-actress Juliette Gréco in the Bill Pohlad-directed film. Xavier Dolan will also star in the pic. Zora Howard wrote the script. Robert Glasper is set to compose and produce the music for the film. What will ‘Miles & Juliette’ be about? The film “tells the story of 22-year-old Miles Davis (Idris) on a transformative trip to Paris in 1949, where he falls into a passionate romance with Juliette Gréco (Vartolomei), per Variety . “What begins as an intimate affair blossoms into a profound connection between two young artists—just before they became cultural legends,” the film’s synopsis states. Here’s what Mick Jagger says about the film In a statement, Jagger said that he’s “so thrilled to be a part of a film that celebrates the early days of Miles Davis and his great love, Juliette Gréco,”...

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