‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Was Originally Going To Be Directed By Heath Ledger

The extremely well received ‘Queen's Gambit’ has been taking Netflix by storm since its release on October 23, 2020.

The series follows Beth Harmon, a young orphaned girl who comes to find out she is very talented and incredibly good at chess. As she climbs the rankings of professional chess players and rapidly gains notoriety around the world, she falls into a pit of drug addiction and alcohol abuse. Even though the series takes a bit of inspiration from Bobby Fischer, a chess prodigy in his own right, it is a completely fictional tale and original story that subscribers of the streaming platform loved.

The limited series is based on the 1983 novel that shares the same name, written by Walter Tevis. The rights to the book have fallen into the hands of Allan Scott 30 years ago, and according to Chess.com there has been a bit of a struggle to get the book an adaptation of some sort.

There have been many directors that have been linked to the project through the years, and there was even a film adaptation at a certain point with rumors of great talent to pick up the roles within the film.

Two time Academy Award winner Scott Frank, who directed ‘The Queen's Gambit’, sat down with Forbes for an interview to promote the limited series. During the interview he spoke about the long journey it took for the book to receive an on screen adaptation, as well as how much he loved the source material.

There was also one more interesting detail he shared, stating:

“many directors have tried to make it. Heath Ledger was set to direct this as a film a few years before he died. This was going to be his directing debut.”

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