Comments on: Michael Fassbender To Play ‘Macbeth’ For ‘Snowtown’ Director Justin Kurzel

By: AG

AG — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

It's been reported Natalie Portman got the role.

By: jtp

jtp — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

Cate Blanchett as Lady Macbeth. Nicole Kidman cannot touch Blanchett.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

Kidman would be spectacular

By: little my

little my — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

Nicole Kidman as Lady Macbeth, please make it happen, please. She'll nail it.

By: fern

fern — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

Viola Davis. She would kill! Probably never going to happen but she's theatrically trained and has stated she's wants to play the roll.
Weisz and Kidman would be killer as well.

By: Damian

Damian — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

Andrea Riseborough or Rosamund Pike would be great.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

If there is any justice, the role will go to Rachel Weisz. She is the finest actress in her generation, and was rightfully awarded the Best Actress award by The New York Film Critics Circle last year for her magnificent performance in The Deep Blue Sea. If, instead, the choice will fall upon an up-and-coming actress, Alicia Wikander would be a good choice. She has proven herself as a wonderful actress, especially in The Royal Affair, and possesses the dramatic intensity required.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

Nicole Kidman would actually be a fantastic choice. Sure, she's older than Fassbender but I've always read Lady Macbeth as older. And the age difference isn't so big that it would be flat out ridiculous. I could really see it working.

I also could see Jessica Chastain for a more age appropriate choice. Or Charlize Theron. Andrea Riseborough would be really interesting but yeah, I don't know if she's necessarily big enough of a name.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

please anyone but natalie portman, keira knightley, charlize theron and any other super annoying popular female actresses. id rather see a lesser known actress who needs a good bump in the right direction than someone who's already tits deep in cash and good rep.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

Somewhere James McAvoy is contemplating slitting his wrists.

By: f

Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

Should just make a film version of the play James McAvoy did in London recently. Seems way more interesting than this.

By: El Hanso

El Hanso — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

Why do film directors/producers always pick the same four or five Shakespeare plays to adapt? With MacBeth it's almost as overcrowded as with Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet. And since this one seems to be sticking to the play's 11th century setting, it already loses potential to distinguish itself from the Welles and the Polanski versions.

BUT… Fassbender in the title role – that's interesting. Probably interesting enough to already accept this film being in production. As for Lady MacBeth? Andrea Riseborough. Yes. The more I think about her in that role, the better it works. At least in my head it does.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

I'm just gonna say it: Nicole Kidman.

She has the "icy" persona down pat, and she's been seemingly auditioning for the part for several years and even the 10 year age difference would play to her advantage.

By: Alan B

Alan B — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:04:44 +0000

Keira Knightley, Emily Blunt, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Angelia Jolie, Charlize Theron, Cate Blanchett … who knows? Can't say I'm all that excited by this pitch that includes giant battles, considering that the play is one of Shakespeare's most interior and psychologically driven.