VIDEO : Willem Dafoe To Play Vincent Van Gogh

It looks like Willem Dafoe has an exciting new project on the horizon. The actor will play iconic painter Vincent van Gogh in the film At Eternity's Gate. Director Julian Schnabel is set to direct the project focused on Van Gogh's time spent in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France. In an interview, Schnabel saidthat this movie is told from the painter's point of view, and he hopes it can get audiences closer to Van Gogh.