Daisy Ridley stars as the Shakespearian heroine in a new image from the movie Ophelia. Claire McCarthy directs the period drama, which re-imagines Shakespeare’s famous play Hamlet. Naomi Watts co-stars as Gertrude, the queen of Denmark and mentor to Ophelia. A first-look image hit the internet last May but news on the film has been scarce since then. Clive Owen, Tom Felton, George MacKay, and Dominic Mafham round out the cast.
Despite her status as the most well-known of all Shakespeare women, Ophelia actually plays a small part in Hamlet. Her job in the play mostly is to come unraveled as her lover Hamlet grapples with his own demons. While Hamlet takes his sweet ...
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