With filming now underway in Italy, the full cast of director Carlo Carlei's adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" has been announced.
Based on a script from Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes ("Gosford Park"), the film is set to star the already announced Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit") as Juliet and Douglas Booth ("The Pillars of the Earth") as Romeo.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new cast members include Damian Lewis ("Homeland") as Lord Capulet, Natascha McElhone ("The Truman Show") as Lady Capulet, Stellan Skarsgard ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") as Prince of Verona, Lesley Manville ("Another Year') as The Nurse, Christian Cooke ("Where the Heart Is") as Mercutio, Tomas Arana ("Gladiator") as Lord Montague, Laura Morante ("Remember Me, My LOve") as Lady Montague and Leon Vitali as Apothecary.
They join Paul Giamatti ("The Ides of March") as Friar Laurence, Kodi Smit-McPhee ("Let Me In") as Benvolio and Ed Westwick ("Gossip Girl") as Tybalt.
The Reporter quoted Fellowes as saying the film will be "the romantic medieval love story as conceived by Shakespeare. We felt that really what we needed was just to make it slightly more accessible to today’s generation."
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new cast members include Damian Lewis ("Homeland") as Lord Capulet, Natascha McElhone ("The Truman Show") as Lady Capulet, Stellan Skarsgard ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") as Prince of Verona, Lesley Manville ("Another Year') as The Nurse, Christian Cooke ("Where the Heart Is") as Mercutio, Tomas Arana ("Gladiator") as Lord Montague, Laura Morante ("Remember Me, My LOve") as Lady Montague and Leon Vitali as Apothecary.
They join Paul Giamatti ("The Ides of March") as Friar Laurence, Kodi Smit-McPhee ("Let Me In") as Benvolio and Ed Westwick ("Gossip Girl") as Tybalt.
The Reporter quoted Fellowes as saying the film will be "the romantic medieval love story as conceived by Shakespeare. We felt that really what we needed was just to make it slightly more accessible to today’s generation."
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