New King Lear film in the works

[CaptainCanada]

Naomi Watts is Goneril, it seems.

 

[Goliath]

Sweet. I'm sold.

What we need now is some kind of Jack Bauer-esque producer.

"Film the play! Film it now!"

 

[Derishton]

Knightley's a good choice, in one respect at least. According to a famous story, when Sir John Gielgud was asked for advice on how to play Lear, he answered, "Get a small Cordelia." (Because Lear has to carry her around a lot.) Knightley probably weighs, what, 25 pounds?

Heh.

As long as they get someone who can emote and then dub over Knightley's lines, it might be okay.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Naomi Watts is Goneril, it seems.

Damn, this just gets better and better!

 

[WillsBabe]

Not really crazy about Shakespeare on film (Polanski's Macbeth excepted) so I'm pretty much not interested; plus the fact that I don't care for Antony Hopkins.