The title Duke of Cambridge was later given to Prince William when he married. But after watching Shakespeare in Love, Edward asked to be named the Earl of Wessex after Colin Firth’s character, Lord Wessex. In real life, when Queen Elizabeth II’s son, Prince Edward, married, she was going to name him Duke of Cambridge. Prince Edward’s real-life title was inspired by the film After he retired from acting, Queen Elizabeth I herself requested his return to the stage.Ħ. Alleyn played many of the leading roles in his day, and historians believe many great roles were written specifically for him. Ben Affleck’s character was based on a real personīen Affleck plays popular actor Ned Alleyn in the film and even refers to Ned as the “Tom Cruise of Shakespeare’s day” in the interview below, which isn’t far from the truth. More: Downton Abbey’s creator on the secret sexy history of tea time 5. Tilney runs onstage saying, “That woman is a woman!” Check out Carter’s reaction in this clip. Carter is hilarious in this scene in which Mr. We loved Jim Carter as Carson on Downton Abbey but had no idea he wore drag to portray Juliet’s nurse onstage in the movie. The Downton Abbey butler played Juliet’s nurse
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Check out this scene in which she tells Lord Wessex (Viola’s betrothed), Viola has been “plucked.”Ĥ. As Queen Elizabeth I, she appears a total of three times in the film, stealing the scene every single time. Typically, one could make a good argument an actor needs more than an eight-minute performance to earn an Oscar, but Dench is just so good in each small scene we can only applaud her. Judi Dench appears in the film for a mere eight minutes More: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Lovely Wedding Photos Have Arrived 3. Paltrow saw the script on Ryder’s desk and called her own agent to get an audition without telling Ryder. Paltrow’s casting as Viola forever ruined the friendship between Paltrow and actor Winona Ryder, according to Us Weekly. It reportedly ruined Gwyneth Paltrow & Winona Ryder‘s friendship We’d have to wait 10 years before the film would get its dream cast that included Joseph Fiennes as Shakespeare. Not even the “pretty woman” could convince Day-Lewis to star opposite her. After their meeting, however, Roberts flew back to Los Angeles and dropped out of the film. Roberts even flew to Ireland to meet with Daniel Day-Lewis in hopes he would play the bard. and London, the filmmakers couldn’t find an actor talented enough (or willing) to play Will Shakespeare.
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Julia Roberts was originally planning to play Viola (the role that would eventually go to Gwyneth Paltrow), but after conducting casting sessions in the U.S. Here are some of our favorite behind-the-scenes stories about the making of Shakespeare in Love. It would be 10 more years, a new cast and the addition of one of England’s best modern-day playwrights (Stoppard) before cameras would start rolling. After screenwriter Norman set up the film at Universal, the studio dropped out. Despite its critical and box office success, you may be surprised to know the film took a decade to get made.