Director Joshua Michael Stern was going to release his version of the bard tale in 2010 with Anthony Hopkins as King Lear and a who's who of Oscar nominated actresses as his daughters.
Naomi Watts would play Goneril and Gwyneth Paltrow would play Regan with Keira Knightly playing the kind Cordelia.
And that for me was pretty damn exciting.
The Variety announces that Mr Shouty himself, Al Pachino, is playing King Lear in an adaptation of the play by director Michael Radford.
Is this the same project, just being re-cast with a new director on board?
Why do we need two?
Will there be any sets left after filming with these two actors chewing the scenery?
I, myself am more of a Hopkins fan, I find Pachino a little too, well, loud for me. I have disliked him ever since 'Scent of a Woman' which....well....stunk, mainly due to his performance. And his over the top turn in 'Dick Tracey' gave me a headache.
Sure Tony can be totally over the top, but he is also incredibly nuanced. I mean 'The Remains of the Day' was brilliant work was it not?
However the main reason to be excited about Tony's version of the film is the women playing his daughters. How exciting is that line up?
1 comment:
BORING! what a BORING line up. King Lear's daughters are always cast the same way and i can see from this casting that they are heading for the same conventional reading- though i would love to see what Naomi Watts can do with it. ALL 3 of his daughters need to be bold, daring, ball busting and fierce...even Cordelia.. . they are fighting for a kingdom goddammit! bring on actresses that embody those qualities... repeat: BORING cast choice and obvious pandering to commerical sales or more accurately- a director with no vision for his characters.
if you can check out the James Earl Jones version filmed in central park.
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