Fashion maven Ford adds actors to directing debut

New York, Nov 04: Ginnifer Goodwin and Nicholas Hoult are about to make fashion designer Tom Ford less of "A Single Man."The pair join Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode in Ford`s directorial debut, an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood`s 1964 novel.

Goodwin is Mrs Strunk, a suburban mom who doesn`t share her husband`s dislike of their neighbor, a gay professor (Firth). Hoult will play Kenny, a sexually ambiguous grad student who shows an unusual interest in the professor. Principal photography begins this week in Los Angeles. Best known as Hugh Grant`s young co-star in "About a Boy," Hoult re-emerged as a star overseas on BBC America`s hit UK series "Skins." "Big Love" star Goodwin next appears in the ensemble romantic comedy "He`s Just Not That Into You." Bureau Report