Hollywood actress Jessica Biel has signed up to appear in British rom com Easy Virtue. The Ealing Studios film is based on a 1920s Noel Coward play which Alfred Hitchcock turned into a film in 1928, reports Empire magazine. The film, in which Biel will play an American divorcee who marries a young Brit while on holiday in France, will also star British favourites Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas. The role of the young Englishman who catches Biel’s eye has gone to Ben Barnes who will soon be hitting the big screen as Prince Caspian in the next installment of the Narnia adaptations. Filming will be taking place in and around London from next week. Meanwhile, Jessica, who was recently voted the 16th sexiest movie star of all time in an Empire poll, is rumoured to be planning a film project with her popstar boyfriend. The Illusionist star has been dating ex-boyband member and fledgling actor Justin Timberlake since May 2007. An insider reportedly told the Daily Record that the couple are keen to star alongside each other but are having trouble deciding on what genre to pursue. “Justin is very keen to do a comedy,” the source told the newspaper, “While Jessica wants to do something grittier because she’s concerned about her image.” Jessica Biel will soon be in cinemas starring in Powder Blue with Forest Whitaker and A Women Of No Importance with Annette Bening.