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- Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films such as Seven (1995), Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), and A Perfect Murder (1998). She garnered wider acclaim for her role as Viola de Lesseps in the historical romance Shakespeare in Love (1998) which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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The balcony scene is a variation on her chat with Will on her own balcony. The tragic ending to Romeo and Juliet's relationship is Will's pain at being separated from Viola translated onto the page. But what makes Viola-as-Thomas's performance so amazing is the gender reversal. Viola isn't playing Juliet (at least not until the end.)
- It Caused A Major Oscar upset.
- Many of The Film's Characters Are Real Historical Figures.
- Lord Wessex Took His New Wife to A Colony That Didn't exist.
- The Film Is Peppered with References to Multiple Shakespeare Works.
In what is still regarded as one of thebiggest upsets in Oscar history, Shakespeare in Love won the Best Picture trophy in 1999 over Steven Spielberg's WWII masterpiece, Saving Private Ryan. While Saving Private Ryan garnered a win for Best Director for Spielberg, and finished out the evening with five awards total, Shakespeare in Loveremained on t...
The story of Shakespeare in Love may be fictional, but in addition to William Shakespeare, his rival Christopher Marlowe (Rupert Everett) and, as previously mentioned, Queen Elizabeth I, many of the other characters featured in the film did exist during the Bard's time. Elizabethan-era actors Richard Burbage (Martin Clunes) and Ned Alleyn (Ben Affl...
Spoiler alert for those who haven't seen the film: Will and Viola don't end up together. Instead, Paltrow's character honors her duty by marrying the loathsome Lord Wessex and agreeing to accompany him to his tobacco plantation in Virginia. There's one tiny snag with that plan: Shakespeare in Love takes place in 1593, and the first American colonyw...
Before Will even begins writing Romeo and Juliet, he overhears a minister ranting about "a plague on both your houses!" (which would eventually become one of Mercutio's most famous lines in the play). Other notable works by the Bard referenced in Shakespeare in Love include Hamlet (Will tosses a crumpled-up paper at a skull), Twelfth Night (Paltrow...
Gwyneth Paltrow sat down with WFAA to talk about taking on the role of Viola De Lesseps in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love.Watch more of WFAA's archived in...
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Sep 8, 2011 · In the movie, Will gets his muse back in the form of Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow), a fictional lady who dresses as a boy to perform in the theatre.
May 19, 2020 · Onscreen, much credit for the inspiration is given to Shakespeare’s growing love for the fictional Viola (Paltrow), a woman of means striving to find her place in a world governed by men.
Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow)’s timeline and summary in Shakespeare in Love. Get a summary of everything Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow) does throughout Shakespeare in Love.
Erin McDowell. Gwyneth Paltrow starred in "Shakespeare in Love" when she was only 26. Miramax/HBO Max; Randy Holmes/ABC/Getty Images. Gwyneth Paltrow, who turns 50 today, starred in...
