It’s a common stereotype that women likes shoes, so it’s surprising the world of film hasn’t made more movies about them (the movies haven’t yet got past the idea that all women spend their entire lives daydreaming about weddings).
Now Kristen Stewart and Elizabeth Banks are set to help the footwear cause by signing up to star indie comedy The Big Shoe, for director Steven Shainberg (Secretary).
The film is about a talented shoe designer (Jim Sturgess), whose unscrupulous family wants to mass produce his greatest creations so they can make a quick buck. He’s resistant and breaks away from his family, but his folks want their potential cash cow back in the fold and so hire a muse (Kristen Stewart) and a psychotherapist (Elizabeth Banks) to get him to toe the family pine.
Shainberg will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mickey Birnbaum, which is said to use the same blend of eroticism and humour as his 2002 indie Secretary. Shooting should begin June 17th.