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William Hurt to star in Léa Pool's new film (3635)

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March 27 2002 12:00 AM EST

November 17 2015 5:28 AM EST

3635Entertainment News2002-03-27

William Hurt to star in Lea Pool's new film

Lesbian director Lea Pool (Set Me Free, Lost and Delirious) has snagged William Hurt to play the lead in her next film, according to Variety. Hurt will star in Blue Butterfly, based on the true story of Georges Brossard, the host of the Discovery Channel series Insectia, and his trek to Central America to find the rare Blue Morpho butterfly. A 10-year-old boy dying of brain cancer asked Brossard for a last wish--to find the butterfly, said to have magical curative powers. Brossard caught the butterfly, and soon after, the boy's cancer went into remission. Shooting began Sunday in Costa Rica.

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