To borrow a phrase from the Bard himself, what the fuck is this?
I’m a big fan of Peter Mullan’s work in other films, but Ms. Love doing Shakespeare sounds about as attractive as a 6-inch drill bit being inserted into my ear. Slowly. Whose grand idea was this, anyway?
It’s an adaptation, hence the title “Miss June” instead of, you know, Macbeth. I’m still not interested, but the idea of Courtney Love playing a character based on Lady Macbeth sounds a lot less horrifying than the having her actually do Shakespeare.
:eek: Courtney Love doing Shakespeare… must… scrub brain… with… Brillo…
How bad is she, really? Granted, she’s not Lauren Bacall, but I heard she got pretty good reviews from The People Vs. Larry Flynt…
Shes ugly. :eek:
And probably a horrible actor with a personality to make everyone on the set’s lives miserable.
She was excellent in The People vs. Larry Flynt. Of course, playing a junkie whore was hardly a stretch for her.
On the other hand, Lady MacBeth was a conniving, manipulative bitch.
Hmmm…I see possibilities here.
This has been around for a while. I suspect that the project will never get off the ground.
Sorry, I’m much more supportive of Courtney Love doing a Shakespeare adaptation than Keanu Reeves doing the Bard. shivers
She’s done some good acting. But do we really need another version of Macbeth? Let me look at the link… Jesus Christ! Luc Besson is directing – okay, that’s your problem right there, not Courtney Love.
I know how you feel, but at least Branagh had enough brains to give Keanu a nearly-non-speaking role (and as I recall, Don John’s lines were cut down significantly from those in the play). All Keanu had to really do was glower a lot. Still, I have a hard time fathoming that choice too… Love as Lady Macbeth seems like a worse offense to me, because it’s very much a lead role.
Hey, watch it… I just finished watching Leon for the dozenth (or so) time last night, and was reminded again why it’s one of my all-time favorite movies. Besson can be a good director… he just doesn’t always live up to his potential.
Sorry, I know Love can be a good actress in some roles (she was all right in Man on the Moon as well), but I just cannot see her doing Shakespeare. It makes me think of the atrocity that was Calista Flockheart in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. brrrrr
Hmmmm… the possibilities are intriguing. Martin Short at MacBeth, Courtney Love as Lady MacBeth, Dame Edna as all three witches, John Goodman as MacDuff… and Russell Crowe as Duncan.
And Asta the Wonder Dog as Spot, for the “out, out, damn’d Spot” scene.
She seems to be a fitting enough Lady MacBeth. It’s like she’s Ophelia or anything.
Ms. Love is a very good actress. I think I found her nearly astonishing in all but 1 movie of hers that I have seen.
People seem to think that the disaster that is her personal life determines her acting ability. It most certainly does not seem to be the case.