We’ll probably never know what happened between the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Khan and the hotel maid who accused him of sexual harassment, Nafissatou Diallo. It’s a modern scandal that resulted in the high scrutiny of a potential contender for the French presidency and ended with the charges being dropped completely. Still, it was enough to stop Strauss-Khan’s political aspirations – perfect for any conspiracy theorist looking for something fresher than JFK.
Now, according to Deadline Neuilly, Gerard Depardieu is pissing himself to play the role and he may team up with actress Isabelle Adjani. At the front of it all is director Abel Ferrara (the original Bad Lieutenant). He and collaborator Christ Zois are working on a script that will apparently utilize the Strauss-Khan story in a larger narrative about “addiction and politicians,” according to Wild Bunch producer Vincent Maraval.
Current events are definitely fodder for stories, especially if you’re the showrunner for Law and Order: SVU, but the fact that there’s apparently more to the story here is intriguing. Plus, Ferrara’s involvement is also the best of kind of bizarre. There’s no doubt it will spice things up.