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edith_the_hutt

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Jan 10, 2006 23:51

Following on from atreic's post:

If you were to produce a "faithful"1 version of Macbeth, who would you cast as whom?

1By which I mean done with swords and castles and the origional language and only having extra scenes in the cinema release which could be reasonable cut from a schools version

( my own musings on the matter )

films, macbeth

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emperor January 11 2006, 01:42:09 UTC

I think Connery with a little make-up could do Macbeth, actually.

king_of_wrong January 11 2006, 04:06:29 UTC

Robert Carlyle must be about 40 these days...

requiem_17_23 January 11 2006, 09:50:44 UTC

The RSC did the play in 1978, and were captured on camera. Sir Ian McKellen as the man himself, Dame Judi Dench as Lady M. Brilliant but not what you are looking for, as it has very few props and absolutely no castles.

Sean Bean would do well as Banquo or Macduff, but I can't really see him doing Macbeth in any film made post-Rings; despite his ability to do 'bitter' and 'king', he's forever linked in the public perception to that portrayal of Boromir. But if he'd never played that role, I'd say he'd do really well as Macbeth ( ... )

edith_the_hutt January 11 2006, 16:14:23 UTC

I've not seen the 1978 version but it's been going through my head anyway, I picked Judi Dench from the 70s as Lady M. today I'm not so sure, but I'd go with Polanski's version and make her all sexy and manipulative ( ... )