Clemence Poesy from Harry Potter star has been selected to play Richard II’s Queen in an epic movie based on Shakespeare's historical play about the battle for the English crown.
Ben Whishaw, who performed Hamlet for Trevor Nunn's landmark is the Old Vic, playing the monarch, who believes in his divine right to be king.
Clemence, who played in movies like Harry Potter as Fleur Delacour and will be reviewed in this role in the final screen installment Potter Deathly Hallows 2 is in final negotiations to play Isabella, queen of French Richard.
Director Rupert Goold, making his first major movie to film the project for BBC television in June and July.
Goold made a film version of Macbeth with Patrick Stewart, which is based on the production he directed in Chichester, and then the West End and Broadway, but that was very much a play that was filmed.
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