JohnRuskin是英國維多利亞時代的藝術家、詩人、建筑師、思想家，還扶持培養了一批年輕藝術家，不過成為社會新聞的卻是他與EffieGray的婚姻，兩人結婚6年之后Effie要求中止婚姻，理由是兩人“從未真正成為夫妻”，這樁官司成為一時談資。JohnRuskin承認兩人從沒上過床，但為自己辯護說妻子的“某種狀況”破壞了他的激情。EffieGray離婚后，嫁給了受JohnRuskin重視提拔的畫家JohnEverettMillais。據艾瑪·湯普森說，這部新片將從兩人的新婚之夜開始，通過JohnRuskin的經歷和性格來解開這個謎團。2011.08.17.達科塔取代西爾莎成為《Effie》女主角.DakotaFanningreplacingSaoirseRonaninEmmaThompson's'Effie'August16Source:DeadlineJustlastNovember,oneCastingTidbitsupdaterevealedTheLovelyBonesstarSaoirseRonanlandedthetitleroleinEffie,abiopicaboutEffieGray,thewifeofEnglishartcriticJohnRuskin,whobecameentangledinafamousVictorianlovetriangle.NowDeadlinereportsDakotaFanningwillstarintheperioddramafromwriter\/actres****aThompsonwhichchroniclesthestrangeromance,orlackthereof,betweenGrayandRuskin.Despiteherbeauty,RuskinwassaidtobedisgustedwithGray'sbody,didnotconsummatethemarriageandannulledit,allowinghertomarryRuskin'sprotégéJohnEverettMillais.ThoughOrlandoBloomwasonceattachedtoplayMillais,apparentlyTomSturridge(PirateRadio)hassteppedintotherole.Inaddition,ThompsonwillalsostarinthefilmasLadyEastlake,whotakesEffieunderherwingwhenitbecomescleartheunionwasdestroyingtheyoungwoman.HerhusbandGregWise(JohnnyEnglish)willplayRuskinwhileJulieWalters(HarryPotterfranchise)andDerekJacobi(TheKing'sSpeech)willplayhisparents.Finally,EdwardFox(Gandhi)isintalkstoplayEastlake'shusbandSirCharlesamanwhowasnotonlyfedupwithRuskinandhisradicalideas,butalsothemainpatronoftheRoyalAcademywhichheldswayoverwhatconstitutedfineart.RichardLaxton(AnEnglishmaninNewYork)isdirectingthefilmwhichbeginsshootinginScotlandonOctober17thwithshootingtofollowinLondonandVeniceaswell.ThecasthasbeenshuffledonthisprojectforawhilewithCareyMulliganonceattachedtothetitleroleaswell,butacopyrightinfringementclaimheldupthefilm,whichresultedinschedulingconflictsforthepreviouslyattachedcastmembers.ProducerDonRosenfeldsays,\"It’****aThompson’sfirstoriginalscriptafterdoingseveralfineadaptations,anditgetstotheheartofVictorianEngland.\"ThoughthissoundsabitmorealongthelinesofherworkonSenseandSensibilityasopposedtoNannyMcPhee,herworkonthepageshouldmakeforagreatBritishdramadowntheroad.