Rhys Meyers, Bloom, Seyfried join Close for 'Albert Nobbs'

Orlando Bloom, Amanda Seyfried and Jonathan Rhys Meyers have joined the cast of "Albert Nobbs." The film, set in 19th Century Ireland, sees Glenn Close reprising her award-winning stage role, playing a woman who must pass as a man in order to survive.

This marks the feature producing debut of Close who also adapted the screenplay with author John Banville from the short story by Irish author George Moore.

Ridrigo Garcia directs and filming starts in June in Dublin. Also cast are Michael Gambon and Janet McTeer. In the story, the heroine is trapped in her own prison when spending 20 years dressing and working as a man.

Producing along with Close are Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Alan Moloney. Close won an Obie Award in 1983 playing the same character in Simone Benmussa's Off Broadway interpretation of "The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs."