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Video: 6 Hollywood queens who played great royalty
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Who of the girls doesn't dream of playing a princess? This is in childhood, but in the future, the desire to reproduce the historical era in cinema is the professional dream of not only actors, but also screenwriters, stage designers, and costume designers. Will the viewer be able to feel trust and understand the logic of the events of past years, because not only the portrait resemblance to the royal persons is important, but also the reliability of the recreation of ancient mores and character. Let's remember the talented actresses who have earned admiration for their work.
Margot Robbie
The Australian woman has long lamented that the directors each time offer her another beauty role in a new film. And so Josie Rourke heeded the requests of the star and decided to test her as a dramatic actress in a historical film based on the work of J. Guy "My life belongs to me: the real story of Mary - Queen of Scots." Margot did not play the role of the beauty of Queen Elizabeth I. According to the memoirs of contemporaries, in her youth the princess suffered smallpox, barely survived, but the disease left obvious signs on her face. Therefore, the royal lady had to hide the unevenness of the skin under a huge layer of powder, which the director did not fail to embody in the actress. Add here bright red hair and a thin thread of bleached hair - and there will be no trace of the charming Margot Robbie. But the ugly, but strong and domineering woman Elizabeth I is miraculously manifested. Well, we believe!
Saoirse Ronan
In the same film "Two Queens" (2018), the role of another crowned person - the defeated rival Mary Stuart - was played by Saoirse Ronan. The filmmakers' ideas about this personality are very romantic. After all, it is known that from the age of five this girl was brought up at a refined French court, at the age of several months she was crowned in Scotland, and later became the wife of the King of France (albeit only for a year). So to her contemporaries, she seemed the personification of real monarch's beauty, dignity and education.
But who said that the ideas about the correct facial features and roundness of the female body are the same in the 16th and 21st centuries? So the creators of this film did not lose by inviting for the role not the standard Hollywood sexy, but preferring the magical, but somewhat non-standard appearance of Saoirse. Agree - that's something, and the portrait resemblance is almost complete. But as for the film itself - it is more a tribute to the times. Critics noted the sometimes unusual dark color for the pale Englishmen, feminism in the presentation of the confrontation, and historians - the fact that the ladies never met face to face.
Cate blanchett
Kate repeated the success of the image of the queen in the film "Elizabeth" (1998) and twice more - in the films "Golden Age" (2007) and the TV series "Opposite Sex". Indian director Shekhar Kapoor saw in the actress not only an external resemblance, but also purely aristocratic qualities: majestic calmness, self-esteem and modest charm. The first picture told about the life of a young princess, about intrigues, thanks to which she miraculously managed to sit on the throne. Thanks to this role, the actress managed not only to become famous, but also to receive an Oscar nomination, as well as the prestigious BAFTA award, and the creators - to raise $ 82, 1 million with a budget of 30 million.
Inspired by the success, director Shekhar Kapoor will shoot the continuation of the story in 2007 - an already filmed story about the mature years of Elizabeth I and the successes of her reign. And again a resounding success, again Kate was nominated for an Oscar, but again the statuette escapes her hands. By the way, in the interval between these gorgeous pictures, the actress manages to star in the TV series "Opposite Sex", where she plays … well, you, of course, guessed it …
Judy Dench
The critically acclaimed drama Her Majesty Mrs Brown is not just a costumed historical film about the early reign of Queen Victoria, but a real tragic story of love and loss after 21 years of marriage. Indeed, in reality, there were real tender feelings between her and Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Judy managed to show not so much a documentary similarity, how much to grasp the very essence of the queen through the expression of her feelings with the help of facial expressions, mood. A little later, Judi Dench will return to this image again in the film "Victoria and Abdul". Shown here is an already mature ruler who has known a warm relationship with her favorite Abdula Karim. The film was not a big success, however, critics unanimously praised the actress's performance.
And this is not the only "royal role" of the actress. Director John Madden liked working with this wonderful master of transformations so much that he invited her to play the role of another English queen - Elizabeth I. And even though the photographic similarity between the actress and the royal portraits was not achieved, but for the transfer of atmosphere in just a few minutes of airtime, the actress was awarded the coveted Oscar statuette as “Best Supporting Actress”.
Kirsten Dunst
Maria Antoinette, who became the most popular and most tragically ended her life queen (at the age of 37, she was executed with the help of the guillotine) has always attracted the attention of filmmakers. Sofia Coppola, who shot a film about a flighty ruler in 2006, was no exception. However, there is no need to talk about historical truthfulness. And if the film received the coveted awards, it was only for the best costumes, makeup and work of the production designer. Critics noted both the external difference between Kirsten Dunst and the original, and her not too impressive game. But if you do not take the painting too seriously as a work of art, then you can remember the award from the French system of national education. Although one question remains unclear: how did the sneakers end up in Marie Antoinette's wardrobe?
Helena Bonham Carter
The television series "Henry XIII" captivates not only with the story of the fate of the three completely different Boleyn sisters, but also with excellent costumes and acting. It was not easy to play the passions that reigned in the medieval English court. However, Helena has exactly that zest in the form of bitchiness, which was needed by the future favorite of the king. No wonder this picture was appreciated by critics, having awarded it the prestigious Emmy award.
And again the experiment. And successful - in the movie "The King's Speech" the same actress played a completely opposite role of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. In this case, Helena had to be soft, sincere and smiling - this is how the mother of the current Queen of Great Britain is described. Well, the British Academy Award for a supporting role in the hands of this wonderful multi-faceted actress.
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