Ian McKellen & Robert Downey Jr. Led One of the Best Shakespeare Adaptations Ever
The 1995 movie Richard III, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Ian McKellen, is one of the most impressive Shakespeare adaptations ever.
At this point, it feels like the works of William Shakespeare can be adapted in just about any way you can conceive of his words. A storyteller doesn't have to be tied down to his specific wording or his social context to make a "faithful" version of one of his numerous masterpieces. If you look at any list of the best Shakespeare movies in film history, most of them don't actually hold much fealty to his original form, but instead flourish by capturing the spirit of his tales in a newly specific social context.
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