Rip Torn Goes French

by | February 28, 2005 | Comments

Rip Torn has signed on to play Louis XV in Sony’s "Marie Antoinette," according to Variety. The pic will be directed by Sofia Coppola, with Kirsten Dunst in the title role. Jason Schwartzman will play her husband, Louis XVI. Antoinette was queen of France when she was beheaded during the French Revolution in 1793. She was credited with saying, "If they have no bread, then let them eat cake!" during a bread shortage. Rip Torn was recently in "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story."