Cape Town – Felicity Jones will play Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a new biopic.
On The Basis of Sex centres on the inspiring true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a ground-breaking case before the Supreme Court and overturn a century of gender discrimination.
Armie Hammer will play her husband while other cast members include Kathy Bates, Justin Theroux, Sam Waterston, Jack Reynor and Stephen Root.
Universal Pictures released the first official image of Jones in character as production kicked off.
See the picture here:
Here is a picture of Felicity Jones as a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg https://t.co/fiNQUMa3Cn pic.twitter.com/dI1eDjUnm7
— Mia Galuppo (@miagaluppo) October 2, 2017
Also check out some other paparazzi pics of her on set:
miss felicity jones is here to snatch that oscar pic.twitter.com/wp0WqyeqBl
— tgc!carla (@rosehadleyjones) September 27, 2017
first pictures of felicity jones on the set filming your new movie !! look how beautiful she looks. ??♥? pic.twitter.com/8z0RqJdKSX
— best of felicity (@badpostfelicity) September 28, 2017
FIRST LOOK / Armie Hammer and Felicity Jones on set for 'On the basis of sex', Sep 2017 in Montreal. ? #ArmieHammer #FelicityJones pic.twitter.com/KZuf8eUtkc
— anything hammer (@anythinghammer) September 29, 2017
The film will be released in 2018, which coincides with Ginsburg’s 25th anniversary on the Supreme Court.