{"id":7363,"date":"2021-11-01T13:34:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=7363"},"modified":"2021-11-01T13:55:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:55:17","slug":"the-film-shake-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/7363","title":{"rendered":"The Film\/Shake Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was watching the new Bond movie, and early in the film, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Wishaw, and Rory Kinnear were all on screen together. Instinctually, I found myself thinking &#8220;Oh, too bad they&#8217;re not doing Shakespeare right now.&#8221; And then I thought, &#8220;Okay, if I had this cast at my disposal, what would I do? How would I cast it?&#8221; And, thus, the Film\/Shake Challenge was born.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" height= 488 src=\"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/FilmShake.jpg\" width=450\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So, here&#8217;s my first attempt, casting <em>Cymbeline<\/em> using the cast of <em>No Time to Die<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nCYMBELINE, King of Britain: Ralph Fiennes<br \/>\nCymbeline\u2019s QUEEN: Lashana Lynch<br \/>\nIMOGEN, daughter to Cymbeline by his former queen: L\u00e9a Seydoux<br \/>\nPOSTHUMUS LEONATUS, husband to Imogen: Billy Magnussen<br \/>\nCLOTEN, son to the present queen by a former husband: Ben Whishaw<br \/>\nPISANIO, Posthumus\u2019s servant: Daniel Craig<br \/>\nCORNELIUS, a physician in Cymbeline\u2019s court: Jeffrey Wright<br \/>\nPHILARIO, Posthumus\u2019s host in Rome: Christof Waltz<br \/>\nIACHIMO, friend to Philario: Rami Malek<br \/>\nCAIUS LUCIUS, a Roman general: Hugh Dennis<br \/>\nBELARIUS, an exiled nobleman: Rory Kinnear\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot you could do with that cast, but instead, let me cast <em>King John<\/em> with the actors from <em>Dune<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nJOHN, King of England: Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd<br \/>\nQUEEN ELEANOR, King John\u2019s mother: Charlotte Rampling<br \/>\nBLANCHE of Spain, niece to King John: Zendaya<br \/>\nCONSTANCE, widow of Geoffrey, King John\u2019s elder brother: Rebecca Ferguson<br \/>\nARTHUR, Duke of Brittany, her son: Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<br \/>\nKING PHILIP II of France: Javier Bardem<br \/>\nLOUIS THE DAUPHIN, his son: Oscar Isaac<br \/>\nDUKE OF AUSTRIA (also called LIMOGES): Jason Momoa<br \/>\nThe BASTARD, PHILIP FAULCONBRIDGE, illegitimate son of King Richard I: Dave Bautista<br \/>\nHUBERT, supporter of King John: Stephen McKinley Henderson\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Get the idea? Feel free to post your own Film\/Shake combo in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was watching the new Bond movie, and early in the film, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Wishaw, and Rory Kinnear were all on screen together. Instinctually, I found myself thinking &#8220;Oh, too bad they&#8217;re not doing Shakespeare right now.&#8221; And then I thought, &#8220;Okay, if I had this cast at my disposal, what would I do? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,88,62,115,113,63,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active","category-classroom-ideas","category-cymbeline","category-film","category-histories","category-meme","category-shakespeare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7363"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7369,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7363\/revisions\/7369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}