Clive Owen and more join Daisy Ridley in Ophelia, a retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet

Daisy Ridley & Naomi Watts' #Ophelia find its male leads in Clive Owen, @TomFelton, and @GeorgeMackay_. https://t.co/Ypr3E0DTka http://pic.twitter.com/0iGQPah94a

— Variety (@Variety) May 2, 2017

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• Daisy Ridley will star as Ophelia and Naomi Watts will play Gertrude, Hamlet's mother
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• The film will be told from Ophelia's POV
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• Clive Owen will play Claudius (Hamlet's uncle/step-father), George MacKay will play Hamlet, Tom Felton will be Laertes (Ophelia's brother) and Devon Terrell will play Horatio (Hamlet's best friend)
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• The movie is being directed by Claire McCarthy and starts shooting this month
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