Films I want to make: #1

[caramel_betty]

King Lear, with the three daughters played by:

• Helen Mirren
• Judi Dench
• Maggie Smith

Comments

[jondiesch]

I'd watch that!
Who's your Lear?

[caramel_betty]

Yeah, tricky one.

The obvious answer is probably Ian McKellen. But maybe Christopher Lee. Really not sure, though.

[jondiesch]

I thought of McKellen too, don't know anyone better!

[caramel_betty]

Well, since brixtonbrood is objecting on age, I'm down to Christopher Lee and Peter Sallis.

[brixtonbrood]

I'm not sure that Sir Ian would be flattered by being cast as Maggie Smith's father.

[caramel_betty]

Yeah, well, there'd be make-up and stuff, but it's tricky.

Maggie and Judi are both 77 (born a couple of weeks apart, December 1934). So that makes Helen Mirren Cordelia, at a spritely 66. Ian is squished in between, at 73.

But if we wanted someone semi-reasonable, they'd need to be at least 90. Which does bring in Christopher Lee, who'd be clearly good as a slightly malevolent Lear.

So let's look at 90-ish actors. Peter Sallis might work, if you wanted to play him in a somewhat more bewildered mode.

Wow, looking for people in their 90s has turned up a few women too. Including Olympia Dukakis. Man, I wish they'd make more Tales of the City with her.