Ralph Fiennes
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He’d have been too dark to make those movies ... They’d have been too soft for him — hobbits and elves and that. I saw another one recently that I liked, by the way. Coriolanus, the Shakespeare adaptation. Class. Ralph Fiennes and Gerard Butler. You’ll have to watch that.
She knew she signed up for the class mostly to meet someone, but that someone was not Rob. That someone was Ralph Fiennes.
It's a very, very difficult part as an actor because he is so angry ... I had the instinct that the camera can get behind the eyes of the person who is in retreat. It's what the theater cannot offer. Purely in terms of interpreting Coriolanus, you could get into his face that way. But I also felt that it was an extremely exciting story, an active, provocative political thriller with a Greek tragic moment at the end, and that film could open it up in a dynamic way.More quotes »
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Not the easiest movie to love - but then "Coriolanus" is not Shakespeare's most lovable play, either - but Ralph Fiennes nonetheless makes the case for the play and for his interpretation, set in a dystopian Rome of the near future. In addition to writing 20 m ago from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »
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10 Ingenious Shakespeare Adaptations on Film
lean) DVD releases is Coriolanus, the sleek and muscular Shakespeare adaptation from star and first-time director Ralph Fiennes. He’s been angling to bring the play to the screen for nearly a dozen years now, since he first played it on the London stage, and 10:30 AM from Flavorwire Read more »
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Star Words ... Ralph Fiennes
"I DON'T feel remotely like a sex symbol. Whenever I look in the mirror all I see are the growing crow's feet, the receding hair, the unshaven chin and little fleshy eyes." Type the characters you see in the picture above. This is to help prevent spamming 2:55 AM from Coventry Telegraph Read more »
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Cruise film title shot down
"Coriolanus" (Anchor Bay), Ralph Fiennes returns to a role and an interpretation of the Shakespeare play he debuted on stage more than ten years before and adapts it to the big screen for his feature film directorial debut. Set in modern dress in a contemporary from FOX Sports Read more »
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Ralph Fiennes Q&A: Directing Shakespeare and taking orders from Bond
Shakespeare? And why that particular play? For your first time, why not pick something easy — maybe Vacation of the Titans ? RALPH FIENNES : Its challenging nature is what I love about it. I performed it onstage years ago and have been thinking about it as from Entertainment Weekly Read more »
