Source: THR

In the film The Special Relationship, the role of Hillary Clinton was expected to be handled by Julianne Moore.

However, scheduling conflicts soon proved problematic.

Due to Moore's previous commitment to the film The Kids Are All Right, the role of Hillary Clinton will instead be handled by Hope Davis, who starred in HBO's In Treatment and the film About Schmidt, which grossed $65 million domestically.

The HBO Films/BBC Flims produced project will chronicle the relationship between former U.S. president Bill Clinton and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the 1990s. It is the second film to chronicle the lives of the Clintons, with the first being Primary Colors, a thinly-veiled Clinton biopic that grossed $41.1 million worldwide. In that film, Emma Thompson portrayed the former president's steadfast wife.

The HBO Films/BBC Films project also has Dennis Quaid playing former president Clinton and Michael Sheen portraying the former Prime Minister.

The project was expected to mark the directorial debut of Peter Morgan, but he pulled out, and now Richard Loncraine is assuming directorial responsibility.