Sabrina Carpenter and Margaret Qualley Join The Cast of Tom Holland's Fred Astaire Biopic
The cast of Tom Holland's highly anticipated Fred Astaire biopic is finally taking shape, with Sabrina Carpenter and Margaret Qualley being the latest stars to join the Paul King-directed film.
First announced in 2021, Tom Holland was named from the start as the lead in the film adaptation of Kathleen Riley’s 2012 book, The Astaires: Fred & Adele. While Holland has long been set to play Fred Astaire, the role of his older sister and first dance partner, Adele Astaire, remained unknown until Friday, when it was reported that Margaret Qualley would portray her. Adele, who died in 1981, formed a successful Broadway duo with her brother at the beginning of the last century. Born in 1896, she was three years older than Fred, who was born in 1899. Qualley, 31, is the daughter of Andie MacDowell, and Holland, who turned 30 this summer, makes their age difference for the roles quite fitting.
Also named to the cast on Friday was Sabrina Carpenter, who will play Astaire's best-known partner, Ginger Rogers. Carpenter, 27, who has earned two Grammys for her musical work, is no stranger to acting. A product of the Disney system, she has appeared in about a dozen films, including The Hate U Give (2018), The Short History of the Long Road (2019), and, more recently, Tall Girl 2 (2022).
