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Judith-Inspired Flick Is Miller Lite

Hollywood's version of the Judith Miller story makes some changes

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 25, 2007 8:04 PM CDT

(Newser) – Hollywood is filming a flick based on the story of journalist Judith Miller, who did time to avoid naming Scooter Libby as the source who outed CIA agent Valerie Plame to her.  Of course everyone involved is younger and a lot hotter. Thirty-four-year-old Kate Beckinsale (Miller was 59) stars as a reporter who was jailed for 18 months (Miller did  85 days), and was the mother of a young son (hello, Erin Brockovich).

"People could say Kate is too good-looking to be a reporter," admits director Rod Lurie.
"The film derives from real events, as you can see," he tells the Washington Post, "but then it goes off on its own direction." Beckinsale did meet with the real-life Miller, and called her "elegant, candid, bright," and "extremely pretty." For now, the film is tentatively and inaccurately titled Nothing but the Truth.

New York Times reporter Judith Miller served as  the inspiration for a Hollywoodized reporter character played by Kate Beckinsale.
New York Times reporter Judith Miller served as the inspiration for a Hollywoodized reporter character played by Kate Beckinsale.   (Getty Images)
Judith Miller leaves U.S. District Court in Washington, in this Jan. 31, 2007 file photo. Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed for nearly three months after refusing to testify in the CIA leak investigation. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
Judith Miller leaves U.S. District Court in Washington, in this Jan. 31, 2007 file photo. Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed for nearly three months after refusing to testify in the...   (Associated Press)
I. Lewis Scooter Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, testifies on Capitol Hill in this March 1, 2001 file photo in Washington. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has taken steps to suspend the law license of Libby, a former White House aide convicted in March of lying and obstructing...
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, testifies on Capitol Hill in this March 1, 2001 file photo in Washington. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has taken steps to suspend...   (Associated Press)
Stylish-but-slightly-scary New York Times reporter Judith Miller inspired a character played by actress Kate Beckinsale, above, in a movie currently shooting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Stylish-but-slightly-scary New York Times reporter Judith Miller inspired a character played by actress Kate Beckinsale, above, in a movie currently shooting. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)   (Associated Press)
Journalists Judith Miller And Matthew Cooper Face Jail Time
Journalists Judith Miller And Matthew Cooper Face Jail Time   (Getty Images)
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