But soft! What light through yonder projector breaks? It is a new Shakespeare adaptation, and Ralph Fiennes is the director!* **Coriolanus **premiered last night at the BFI London Film Festival, with the former Voldemort in the driving seat.The play stars Fiennes as the titular Roman general, with Vanessa Redgrave as his proud mother and Brian Cox as his politician friend. Both were in attendance last night, although sadly Gerard Butler, who plays his fierce military rival, wasn't around.
Fiennes, sporting a beard worthy of Captain Birdseye (for his turn onstage in The Tempest, which he's finishing at the moment) was on fine form, and the cast was joined by his composer, Ilan Eshkeri, and screenwriter John Logan.
brightcove.createExperiences();Coriolanus is out on January 20, 2012, and the BFI London Film Festival is underway now.
*Yes, we know we're quoting the wrong play. You go ahead and dig up a handily-recognisable quote from Coriolanus; we'll wait.