![]() ![]() Thankfully, the cast is headlined by Daisy Ridley (best known as Rey in the final “Star Wars” trilogy). Initially this king-killer is too coy and slovenly but when he finally takes the throne, Owen transforms the slimy snake into a fire-breathing dragon. The excellent cast includes Naomi Watts - in a double role as Gertrude plus a new character named Mechtild - and Clive Owen as Claudius. Since I enjoy Shakespeare updates like “Men of Respect” and “10 Things I Hate About You,” I guess I’m not much of a purist - which may explain why I felt like cheering as Klein and Chellas unfurled a climax that somehow felt both faithful to Shakespeare and, at the same time, radically fresh (though the fight scene is too bloody). I was especially impressed by the mad scene - in which they contrive to make Ophelia, rather than Hamlet, the one who feigns lunacy to insult the king so too the “nunnery” dialog, where Ophelia again drives the plot, being the one to tell Hamlet what really happened to his father. ![]()
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