Alessandro Nivola to star in 'Coco'

August 15, 2008 Nivola, who is learning French for the role and likely will be the only American in the film, will play Arthur Capel, a dashing polo player who sponsored the fashion designer, helping her open her first store and influencing her masculine suit designs. Films Distribution Mercure is financing the film, which has no domestic distributor yet. Nivola, repped by WMA and Management 360, appears in the ensemble comedy "Five Dollars a Day" and stars in the music biopic "Chess," both of which will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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