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‘A Private War’ Trailer: Rosamund Pike Fights For the Truth as Slain Journalist Marie Colvin
Posted on Tuesday, August 28th, 2018 by Hoai-Tran Bui


Rosamund Pike should have been launched to stardom following her chilling role in 2014’s Gone Girl, for which she received an Oscar nod. But alas, life is unfair and that didn’t happen. But four years later, Pike stars in A Private War, the gritty biopic about renowned war correspondent Marie Colvin. Could this be the role that finally earns Pike her place as a bonafide movie star? We’ll have to wait and see.

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Real-life Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin may have lost an eye in an unexpected explosion in the field, but she never lost sight of the truth. A Private War pays tribute to Colvin’s unrelenting search for the truth, following Colvin’s tumultous journey from Sri Lanka — where she loses her left eye — to her confrontations with war-profiteering tyrants. But the film hones in on her most dangerous mission, alongside war photographer Paul Conroy (Jamie Dornan), to the Syrian city of Homs, where she ultimately loses her life in 2012 when she encounters an explosive device filled with nails.

It’s wonderful to see Pike, who has long played proper British ladies or cold housewives, get to stretch her acting chops as Colvin in A Private War. Boasting a gruff voice, facial scars, and tangled hair, Pike is worlds away from her character in Gone Girl, and it’s a fantastic change of pace. Whether this will be her breakout role after Gone Girl is yet to be seen, but Pike is not to be underestimated.

Read more at: https://www.slashfilm.com/a-private-war-trailer/

USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/life/movies/2018/08/27/first-look-rosamund-pike-jamie-dornan-star-in-a-private-war/37618209/