# Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter join Tom Holland’s Astaire biopic

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tom-hollands-fred-astaire-biopic-casts-margaret-qualley-and-sabrina-carpenter-in-key-roles/
- Published: 2026-09-26T15:06:50+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-26T21:40:06+00:00
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Qualley and Carpenter cast in Holland's Fred Astaire biopic as sister Adele and Ginger Rogers
- Holland committed to performing all dancing himself without doubles or one-shot takes
- Project aims to restore Adele's forgotten legacy alongside Fred's cinematic legacy

## Summary

Tom Holland's untitled Fred Astaire biopic has completed its main cast with the announcement of Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter in key roles. Qualley, a Golden Globe nominee, will portray Adele Astaire, Fred's sister and original dance partner, whilst Grammy winner Carpenter will play Ginger Rogers. The casting matters because the film aims to revive Adele's largely forgotten legacy alongside celebrating Fred's rise to cinematic stardom, with Fred Astaire's own daughter endorsing the project's creative direction.

Director Paul King is helming the production from a script co-written with Steven Levenson, based on Kathleen Riley's biography *The Astaires: Fred & Adele*. Holland has been attached to star for five years and plans to perform all the dancing himself without doubles, drawing on his early experience starring in *Billy Elliot the Musical* on London's West End from 2008 to 2010. The film will explore Fred and Adele's stage partnership before Fred's celebrated collaborations with Rogers in classic films including *Top Hat* (1935), *Swing Time* (1936) and *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), honouring Fred's seven-decade career spanning Broadway, the West End and more than 30 film musicals.

## Coverage

- [Collider: Tom Holland’s Fred Astaire Biopic Officially Finds the Perfect Ginger Rogers](https://collider.com/tom-holland-fred-astaire-biopic-cast-margaret-qualley-sabrina-carpenter/)
- [Variety: Qualley and Carpenter join Holland for Fred Astaire biopic](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/margaret-qualley-sabrina-carpenter-tom-holland-fred-astaire-biopic-1236850613/)
- [Stereogum: Sabrina Carpenter Cast As Ginger Rogers In Fred Astaire Biopic](https://stereogum.com/2512705/sabrina-carpenter-cast-as-ginger-rogers-in-fred-astaire-biopic/news/)
- [Polygon: Spider-Man Star Tom Holland's Next Film Adds Sabrina Carpenter To Its Cast](https://www.polygon.com/tom-holland-sabrina-carpenter-fred-astaire-movie/)

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