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Palma.—Former BAFTA Chairman, Price, has spent the past few days at his second home here in Majorca reading over the second draft of the script for his new project, The Lady Who Went Too Far, which will be adapted by The King's Speech writer David Seidler based on Kirsten Ellis' biography Star Of The Morning. “She was Britain's first female explorer and I am also working with Gareth Unwin, the producer of The King's Speech, on putting this film together. “It's going to be a really fantastic film, the story is wonderful and it is true so this is a kind of biopic.

“Lady Hester Stanhope was a female Lawrence of Arabia, a hundred years before Lawrence and spent most of her time out in the Middle East between 1810 and 1820. “She got caught up in the relationship between the French and the Arabs, as well as a string of men along the way, and also stopped Napoleon from opening up his route to India. So we do have some seriously good material to get our teeth into and I think it's going to make a marvelous film. “Now I've read the second draft, we'll start going through the short list of directors we have drawn up and then it's up to he or she to carry out the finishing touches. “We're also looking for a very talented and capable top female actress for the lead but she's going to have to be pretty versatile, able to ride well and play a character who ages through the film. We have a few ideas, but I'm not giving anything away just yet.” Price said yesterday.

“We'll be filming in Malta, it's got a great studio and tax incentives, but we'll also be filming on location in some parts of the Middle East and we expect it to be released in 2013. The budget will be larger than the 10 million pounds we invested in The King's Speech,” he added.

The King's Speech has become the most successful British feature film in history. “But I don't know if that's because of the number of viewers or box office takings and DVD sales,” he admitted. “That said, I certainly can not complain,” he added.