Spanish director Pedro Almodovar is going to wait a while longer before tackling a feature film in English.
The Oscar winner for original screenplay for 2002’s “Talk to Her” ("Hable con ella") told Deadline on Monday that it was a “painful decision” to leave the helm of “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” starring Cate Blanchett. Blanchett’s company, Dirty Films, is producing the movie.
“I have dreamt of working with Cate for such a long time. Dirty Films has been so generous with me this whole time and I was blinded by excitement, but unfortunately, I no longer feel able to fully realize this film,” Almodovar told the trade outlet.
