Eva Green and Gemma Arterton will star in drama Vita & Virginia , based on the true story of the love affair and friendship between literary icon Virginia Woolf and author Vita Sackville-West. The film will be directed by British helmer Chanya Button ( Burn, Burn, Burn ) from a script by Eileen Atkins based on her own play of the same name, which debuted in 1992. After their affair ended, they remained friends until Woolf?s death in 1941.