Jack Nicholson said to the public that he rather disliked the ending.
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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One of two Macbeth adaptations to be released in 2015. The other is The Moving Forest (2015), a Brazilian film set in contemporary times.
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Jack Reynor has been a fan of Marion Cotillard since he was a kid, when he saw her in Taxi (1998). He said it was an honor to work with her.
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Michael Fassbender was cast after working with See-Saw Films producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman on Shame (2011). With Fassbender on board, attention turned to a director who could complement the lead actor's style and add a new layer to this classic play. It was a screening of The Snowtown Murders (2011) by Justin Kurzel, which convinced the producers to send the script Kurzel's way. After Michael Fassbender saw Snowtown, he asked his agent to set up a meeting with Justin Kurzel one year before the idea of him directing Macbeth had even been mooted. Casting Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth was a mutual desire of Justin Kurzel and Michael Fassbender.
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Marion Cotillard is the first French actress to play Lady Macbeth on film in an English-language adaptation and the second to play the character in a British production after Simone Signoret played her on stage in 1966 at the Royal Court Theatre. Signoret and Cotillard are the only French actresses to win a Best Actress Oscar.
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As Macbeth is such an intense role, Michael Fassbender was the production team's first choice from the outset.
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The first film from director Justin Kurzel to screen as part of the 'Official Selection for Competition' at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Macbeth is Michael Fassbender's favorite Shakespeare play.
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Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971) was also filmed at Bamburgh.
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While filming the scorpions scene, Michael Fassbender didn't tell Marion Cotillard that he was going to put his hand underneath her dress, and it wasn't in the script.
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The black gambeson Macbeth wears in battle was re-purposed after production to be used on the series Vikings (2013).
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Natalie Portman was originally cast as Lady Macbeth, but dropped out before filming began and was replaced by Marion Cotillard.
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Visibility was so poor at the Isle of Skye during filming in early February 2014 that Marion Cotillard strayed into a bog and disappeared from view. It took two crew members to fish her out while the mud sucked at her feet.
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After Macbeth, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Justin Kurzel, and Adam Arkapaw worked together again on Assassin's Creed (2016).
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Though Lady Macbeth's nationality is never mentioned in the original play, it is presumed that she is Scottish. For the film, Marion Cotillard kept her French accent. Producer Iain Canning explained that her casting added another layer to the film. "It has allowed us, at the center of this story, to place a character who has an otherness, there's a slight sense of separation now, in Lady Macbeth, that she exists in the community but somehow has a slightly different agenda to the other women in that community. It adds complexity to the Lady Macbeth role", he said. Scotland had many French Consorts, so it would have been plausible for Lady Macbeth to be French.
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The clapper board used during filming did not have "Macbeth" as the title. It simply read "the Scottish film", in keeping with the tradition that saying the word "Macbeth" during a production of the play when not quoting the dialog would curse the production.
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Marion Cotillard always dreamed about playing the role of Lady Macbeth, but thought it would be on the stage and in French. Prior to being cast, she had never even considered taking part in a Shakespearean English production and worked hard to learn the language in order to play the role.
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Macbeth - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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