How we made Shakespeare In Love
Judi [Dench] actually bought the beautifully reconstructed Rose theatre at the end of the production and hoped to erect it somewhere as a tool for aspiring Shakespearean actors. It was extremely well made, with real oak beams and so on, but for filming much of it was held up by scaffolding and it wasn’t really built to be a permanent fixture.
I [Joseph Fiennes] happened to run into Tom Stoppard in a small bookstore while doing my research and plucked up the courage to say: “Excuse me, I’ve just been offered your screenplay and I’m wildly excited.” He invited me to his house and we talked about serendipity - he was so gracious and kind and insightful.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/20/gwyneth-paltrow-judi-dench-joe-fiennes-shakespeare-in-love-queen-elizabeth
I [Joseph Fiennes] happened to run into Tom Stoppard in a small bookstore while doing my research and plucked up the courage to say: “Excuse me, I’ve just been offered your screenplay and I’m wildly excited.” He invited me to his house and we talked about serendipity - he was so gracious and kind and insightful.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/20/gwyneth-paltrow-judi-dench-joe-fiennes-shakespeare-in-love-queen-elizabeth