The two immensely talented actors had already blazed and
crazed and ballroom -
danced together in David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle when off they go to the Smoky Mountains for Serena, a Depression - era drama about timber barons - adapted from the PEN / Faulkner - nominated novel by Ron Rash, with Oscar - winning Danish director Susanne Bier
calling the shots.