Overview
- Collins confirmed the role in a British Vogue interview published Thursday, with Mike Newell directing, Louise Fennell writing, and Isabella Rossellini set to play lawyer Suzanne Blum.
- The film focuses on Simpson’s final years in Paris, where she lived after Edward VIII abdicated, and it explores her relationship with Blum.
- Collins says her Dynasty character Alexis Carrington “haunted” her public image, a treatment she likens to how Simpson was judged by the press.
- She calls My Duchess a passion project she has pursued for decades as a way to create a substantial role for an older woman.
- Coverage varies on production specifics and on claims about Blum’s conduct toward Simpson, and those details have not been uniformly verified.