Scott Cohen in “Love and Other Impossible Pursuits”

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Scott Cohen (Max Medina on Gilmore Girls) will star opposite Natalie Portman in a new film, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits.

The film is based on an Ayelet Walman novel, ‘Love and Other Impossible Pursuits’, adapted by Don Roos for film, produced by Marc Platt. The movie will begin filming in Manhattan on November 10th.

Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, which also co-stars Charlie Tahan, tells the story of a young woman, Emilia Greenleaf (Natalie Portman) who finds the key to salvaging her marriage in her relationship with her stepson, William. The whole thing comes about because Emilia and John had an affair while John was still married. Although the couple later did marry, they were shunned in the community. Together they had a baby, Isabel, who died of SIDS. Their marriage begins to fall apart, and Emilia has mixed feelings towards William. There are no details, but I would assume that Scott Cohen plays the husband, John Wolf.

The film was originally slated with Jennifer Lopez, who dropped out. Natalie Portman came to the rescue as both lead and as executive producer.

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