Lifetime greenlights V.C. Andrews’ My Sweet Audrina movie, cast revealed
Lifetime and author V.C. Andrews are the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups of cable TV movie combos, and today it was revealed the successful partnership will continue as Lifetime has officially given the greenlight to a movie adaptation of Andrews’ novel My Sweet Audrina.
The My Sweet Audrina movie project has been rumored for more than a year now, and will be the fifth in a series of Lifetime adaptations of V.C. Andrews novels that began with Flowers In the Attic in 2014, which was viewed by more than 6 million people when it premiered! Flowers in the Attic was followed by three other adaptations in the Dollanganger series, including Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday.
My Sweet Audrina will be the first non-Dollanganger novel given the Lifetime treatment. It is the only standalone novel published by Andrews during her lifetime and is about Audrina Adare, a young girl who has difficulty with memories. She is kept hidden by her family in a Victorian mansion in the Southeastern United States where she is haunted by nightmares of an older sister, also named Audrina, being attacked and left to die in the woods.
As you might expect, the rest of Audrina’s family (including father Damian, mother Lucietta, Aunt Ellsbeth and cousin Vera) know what happened to her sister — and Audrina slowly discovers the truth for herself.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed some of the main cast and crew for the project earlier today. The Secret Life of the American Teenager star India Eisley will be taking on the titular role of Audrina Adelle Adare, while Audrina’s father Damian Jonathan Adare will be played by Revenge‘s James Tupper. The Royals‘ William Moseley will reported play Audrina’s love interest, Arden.
Star India Eisley (seen above in a still from the 2015 movie Social Suicide) tweeted excitedly about the project last week, including a photo of the script!
Next up for me… Excited to start work on this xx #mysweetaudrina #vancouverbound pic.twitter.com/UzpKRwVsN4
— India Eisley (@IndiaEisley1029) May 5, 2015
The India casting news has already gotten responses from V.C. Andrews’ devout fan base, but one concern expressed by a number of fans is easily answered: Yes, India Eisley is willing to go blonde for a role! Here she is from July of last year donning blonde hair for a role:
I should point out that I’m not saying India WILL be going blonde for the role of Audrina, merely that she has gone blonde in the past. (I can’t imagine she won’t though.)
Meanwhile, director Mike Rohl has been updating his Twitter followers throughout the casting process, revealing that some of the other major characters have also been cast:
"Auuudriiinaaa"…Exciting project. A dark puppy. Just the way I like it. @lifetimetv @LifetimeTelly pic.twitter.com/LeB1YbuuwP
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) March 16, 2015
Looking for "Whitefern"in the land of green fern. Drippy Gothic fun. #mysweetaudrina #vcandrewsnovel
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) March 29, 2015
Vera, you can be very persuasive. #mysweetaudrina @lifetimetv
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) March 29, 2015
"My Sweet Audrina"…hmmm who will she be? Big shoes to fill…Daddy says so… #mysweetaudrina #vcandrewsnovel @lifetimetv @LifetimeTelly
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) March 30, 2015
Getting closer on who will be Audrina. #VCAndrews #MySweetAudrina @lifetimetv pic.twitter.com/UUvkYXCiHp
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) April 7, 2015
#mysweetaudrina So it begins…off to the dark side of Cinema…the world of #VCAndrews pic.twitter.com/iiS8y0RFmf
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) April 16, 2015
@CorrineFoxworth We're lookin! 🙂 Will try my best.
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) April 21, 2015
#MySweetAudrina Lucietta and Elsbeth next…excited!
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) April 21, 2015
#mysweetaudrina if we get get this man for Damian…I'll be very happy!…
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) April 24, 2015
#mysweetaudrina Rocking chair…black or white?…
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) April 25, 2015
#mysweetaudrina We have our Audrina!
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) May 1, 2015
#mysweetaudrina we have our Damian!
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) May 6, 2015
#mysweetaudrina Arden is….
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) May 6, 2015
#mysweetaudrina Oh Vera! You're such a…
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) May 7, 2015
#mysweetaudrina We have our Arden…get ready ladies…!!
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) May 7, 2015
#mysweetaudrina Cast table read…Arden and Audrina are lovely together. 🙂
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) May 8, 2015
#mysweetaudrina Oh those sisters…Lucietta vs Ellsbeth…Great actors. Happy happy.
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) May 8, 2015
#mysweetaudrina hangin with Damien…
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) May 10, 2015
#mysweetaudrina Vera just kicked my ass…!
— Mike Rohl (@MikeJRohl) May 11, 2015
My Sweet Audrina will begin filming soon in Vancouver. There is no premiere date yet, and it is still not known if it will be a movie or a miniseries, so stay tuned!
(The amazing photo tweeted by director Mike Rahl featuring the two girls is titled “Blood Brothers” by Jorge Remmy.)
