First Look: Ralph Fiennes’ Modern Take on Shakespeare’s Coriolanus

First Look: Ralph Fiennes’ Modern Take on Shakespeare’s Coriolanus: "

We’ve reported briefly on Coriolanus before — that’s Ralph Fiennes‘ directorial debut, and an update of Shakespeare’s play about a Roman general who attacked Rome after being exiled from the city. Now we’ve got the first images from the film, and even though an updating of a story about men of war would necessitate seeing the cast in full battle dress, I’m still oddly surprised to see Fiennes kitted out for the war in the Middle East.Read the rest of this post on SlashFilm.com…

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