Naomi Watts will play legendary ballerina Margot Fonteyn in upcoming movie Margot + Rudi, with Hamburg Ballet's Principal Dancer Alexandr Trush on board to play Rudolf Nureyev.

The film follows ballet legend Fonteyn, who, at 42, feels that her career might be over. She finds a creative partnership in Nureyev, a 23-year-old rebellious Soviet defector. Together, they ignite the stage and become icons of the Swinging Sixties.

Watts, who studied dance before becoming an actress, will star as Fonteyn. She broke through with her performance in "Mulholland Drive" and earned Academy Award nominations for her leading roles in "21 Grams" and "The Impossible".

The film is described as an “electrifying true story of ballet legends Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.”

The official synopsis reads: "She is 42, the greatest ballerina in the West, and sensing her career is over; he is 23, a rebellious Soviet defector - magnetic, explosive, unstoppable. Together, they ignite the stage and become icons of the Swinging Sixties. Margot is reborn by Rudi’s wild energy, but their bond is complicated by her marriage and his affair with another dancer. To preserve what they have, they will risk everything for one defining ballet - because the only place they can truly be together… is on stage."

Source: Press Release