More news about casting for the the "Rebecca" remake

Nobody asked for a remake of a classic.

There have been several remakes of it since 1940 on television--at least three I can think of.

There's no such thing as a moratorium on new screen adaptations of classic novels. The British film and television industry would disappear if they stopped making adaptations of Jane Austen's and Charles Dickens's works.

So, this will be the 3rd one?

1) Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders

2) Charles Dance, Emilia Fox, Diana Rigg, Jonathan Cake

and ...

Lily James? Well, she can only be an improvement.

These are just for US and UK television, in addition to the 1940 movie with Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier and Judith Anderson and the 1997 TV adaptation with Emilia Fox, Charles Dance, and Diana Rigg:

1948, TV: Dorothy Gordon (2nd Mrs. de Winter), Michael Hordern (Max), Dorothy Black (Mrs. danvers)

1950, TV, as an episode of "Robert Montgomery Presents": Barbara Bel Geddes (2nd Mrs. De Winter), Peter Cookson (Max), Edith King (Mrs. Danvers)

1962, TV: Joan Hackett (the 2nd Mrs. de Winter), James Mason (Max), Nina Foch (Mrs. Danvers)

1979, lavish mini-series for the BBC: Joanna David (the 2nd Mrs. de Winter), Jeremy Brett (Max), Anna Massey (Mrs. Danvers). This was quite famous in its day, and was aired in the US as one of the first series on the PBS "Mystery!" show.

I also found other TV adaptations of "Rebecca" in the US and the UK with casts I think no one would recognize from 1952, 1954, and 1956. And there are multiple adaptations for foreign television.

It's been adapted so many times that one more is pretty much no big deal.

Ben Wheatley's an interesting and strange director, I think he might surprise us with this

Armie Hammer as a brooding English gent? Is he still playing in Death On The Niles too?

Lily James is far too pretty to be the 2nd Mrs de Winter. She’s meant to be a bit of a mouse.

Cuz, like the old one has no color 'n shit. And everyone is dead!

Joan Fontaine was a pretty woman. And so was Joanna David, and so was Emilia Fox.

The 2nd Mrs de Winter doesn't have to be ugly or even plain: she just has to be mousey to contrast with the glamorous memory of Rebecca.

The cast sounds amazing except for Armie Hammer. Might as well have a loaf of Wonder Bread in the role.

I should have explained what I meant better, R10.

All those women have understated looks...English rose types.

Lily James is quite exotic looking - more beautiful than pretty, imo. Can’t imagine her be intimidated by the glamour of Rebecca.

Not saying 2nd Mrs was meant to be ugly or plain - but she certainly wasn’t beautiful. It was her calmness that appealed to Maxim.

I absolutely love this story, and am very excited for a remake. Hammer seems to be an odd choice, as he seems a bit young for Max (although I don't actually know his age off the top of my head). Ann Dowd will be awesome, I'm sure. Not entirely sold on Scott-Thomas as Mrs. D., but I do enjoy her as an actress so I would definitely be willing to watch. I really liked the version with Fox, Rigg and Dance.

Would have loved to see Jodie Comer instead of Lily James. I do like Lily but she is limited and Comer deserves a great film part like this one.

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Mrs. De Winter... hmph!

Well, excuse the fuck out of me for having an opinion that’s different to yours, R16.

What is it with people like you? Did you scour the internet for that? Grow up.

And I bet you haven’t even read the book...just going by the movies & shows.

Love Jane Lapotaire! Hope her part is substantial.

[bold]You[/bold] are clearly the one who is hurling childish invective and having a tantrum because someone is disagreeing with you, r18--not I.

One of the amazing things about Fontaine's performance in the original movie--to my mind the best performance Hitchcock ever got out of an actress (with the possible exceptions of Teresa Wright and Patricia Collinge in "Shadow of a Doubt")--is that though she actually was a great beauty at the time, she had you convinced of her mousiness by her manner. She holds herself with her spine compressed and her shoulders hunched, and radiates underconfidence--she seems like she could never be a threat to someone like Rebecca in terms of looks. In the scene where she wears the black evening dress with the string of pearls, she looks slightly silly (which is how Max sees her). And even in the great scene where she comes down the staircase for the costume ball radiantly happy, she still looks awkward and like a little girl.

[quote] And I bet you haven’t even read the book...just going by the movies & shows.

You lost that bet.

I am a college English professor and I have [italic]taught[/italic] the Daphne Du Maurier novel, as well as Hitchcock's movie adaptation of it.

Why would the beautiful man playing the lead role want with this new thing?

Her mouth can barely cover her buck-teeth. And the inappropriate flapper haircut can barely cover her wide cheeks.

[quote] I have [italic] taught [/italic] the Daphne Du Maurier novel,

Well, rooty-kazooty for you.

I've heard Keely Hawes is a pushy bitch.

Kristin Scott-Thomas will be Mrs. Danvers

PERFECT

Wait until you see my remake of "Summertime."

But when are we going to get the musical?

Mrs Danvers should be played by a lez, not that pretentious bitch KST.

^ KST can't afford to be a 'pretentious bitch' anymore.

She's withered and 60!

Mrs. Danvers should be played by Eddie Izzard

^ Oh no, Izzard has become too precious now that he's been adopted by Corbyn's crumbling Labour Party.

This comedian makes a better Danvers.

Elisabeth Moss would make a great 2nd Mrs. DeWinter. Glenn Close would be a great Mrs. Danvers

I like how you think 34.

Glennie would have been great!

I think Glenn would have been over the top. You need someone colder and more restrained. I'm betting KST will be great.

I am not sanguine about Armie Hammer, however.

Maybe Armie will do some nudity to liven up his performance.

Did Rebecca really have cancer or was the Doctor covering?

R23 Dear English professor, did you teach about the very strong parallels between Du Maurier's story and Bronte's 'Jane Eyre'?

Armie Hammer is too young, Lily James is too old. Miscast. Joke movie.

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Why do they BOTHER with shit like this? Has ANY remake ever improved on the original?

R39 IIRC she was actually sick, and she hid it from Max, for some reason. She was just an all-around twat, that one.

Anne Hathaway to play Rebecca

No, Anne Hathaway looks like a Tuberculosis Victim.

I agree with the posters above, Lily James and Armie Hammer do not inspire confidence. I'd wager the supporting cast will be much more interesting to watch.

If they do flashbacks of Rebecca, Gal Gadot should play her.

Is this for movie theaters or Netflix or Tv?

Am I the only one who thought the original was boring?

No, you're not, R49. Hitchcock said it was a 90 minute story stretched out to 130 minutes.

We need to blame the schmucky Selznick for that.

[quote] Is this for movie theaters or Netflix or Tv?

Netflix, but in some markets Netflix gives a theatrical run.

You shut the fuck up

R52 Who you talking to?

No one, I'm hungover and just wanted to type that.

Helen Mirren for Mrs Danvers, maybe with some nudity thrown in to keep the lads happy.

The movie has already been completed, you fucking tortoise.

R56 I'm just early for the next remake!

"I'm still around!

Armie is in the George Sanders role, yes?

It's not that the second Mrs. de Winter is mousy, it's that she's middle class and painfully conscious of being an outsider among aristocrats.

Matt Smith or B. Cummerbund would have been interesting Lavells, out bitch/queening the excellent George Sanders

I was hoping for a Lady Gaga (2nd Mrs de Winter) - Madonna (Mrs Danvers) collaboration.

Will Netflix fuck it up like that steaming hot turd, The Haunting of Hill House ? The book was great but the Netflix version had no relation to Jackson's story whatsoever. I hope they actually follow the book and don't do some weird spin.

R62 Madonna and Dame Judith Anderson in the same part. Now that's a visual I never thought I'd make. What's next for her? Memnet in a remake of "The Ten Commandments" or Buffalo Cow Head in "A Man Called Horse"? Actually Buffalo Cow Patty might be more like it.....