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Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Al Pacino is King Lear

Michael Radford is writing and directing a new adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear and has set Al Pacino to play the lead role.

Radford and Pacino worked together on Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice in 2004, where Pacino played Shylock.
"Al has been offered this role many times over the years, but didn't feel ready," producer Barry Navidi told Variety. "He's ready now. The film will be true to its period, very similar to the classical look of Merchant of Venice. Michael came up with the most brilliant adaptation and Al and I flipped for it."

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