Hilary Swank buys film rights to French Paradox book
August 14, 2008 By Oliver Styles
Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank has bought the film rights to best-selling lifestyle book French Women Don't Get Fat.
According to news agency AFP, the 34-year-old US star (pictured) will produce a romantic comedy based on the book, which extols the virtues of a continental diet – meals rich in fat and carbohydrates.
Written by Mireille Guiliano, a former executive with Champagne house Veuve Clicquot, the book examines the reasons why Guiliano, who was used to a continental diet of bread, pastries, wine, and three-course meals, went to the US as an exchange student and 'came back fat'.
According to Guiliano, the book 'unlocks the secrets of the “French Paradox” – how to enjoy food and stay slim and healthy'.
The book topped the New York Times non-fiction bestseller list and has sold over 2m copies worldwide.
Although not as wine-led as recent wine films Bottle Shock and Sideways, according to reports, the film's protagonist will be the boss of a Champagne house.
Swank has won two Academy Awards (Oscars): one for her role in the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry and one, in 2005, for her portrayal of a boxer in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby.
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