The 65 year old Hollywood legend, will take on another big part, directed by Michael Radford, with whom he collaborated for The Merchant of Venice.
The star waited seven years before giving the thumbs up for the part of the French Emperor. He wanted to find the right director for the movie. The producer of the movie explained, "We’re going to concentrate on the last few years of Napoleon’s life in exile. We’ve based it on the diaries of British teenager Betsy Balcombe, who struck up a relationship with Napoleon when he was living on St. Helena. We were overjoyed when Al finally signed this week – we start filming next summer and hope to take it to Cannes Film Festival in 2007."