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He lures us in and, hopefully, he’s very funny at times.Īudiences don’t necessarily side with him but they revel in his villainy.” “As an actor, you can’t pantomime with the daggers and the looks, because that’s really dull,” he reflects. They also point out that the Princes’ murders have never actually been proven. The adaptation by Ben Power is said to reinforce the factual inaccuracies in the play, portraying Richard as deformed, scheming, treacherous and violent.

Many historians have been critical of Shakespeare’s interpretation of Richard III and, though this latest adaptation hasn’t yet aired, Benedict’s portrayal has already come under fire. In the first episode, Henry V is dead and a young Henry VI (played later in the series by Tom Sturridge) is now the reigning monarch, with all power vested in his uncle, the Duke of Gloucester (Hugh Bonneville).īy the end of the first film, the focus shifts to the Duke of York’s third son, Richard, his ruthless ascent to the throne and descent into madness, culminating in the brutal disposing of his two child nephews in the Tower of London. The centrepiece of the BBC’s William Shakespeare season, which marks the 400th anniversary of his death, it’s a gritty look at the battle for the English throne.

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