Keanue Reeves is Denzel Washington's brother?
Must be a brother from another mother!
BTW- Reeves wasn't great with his dialog, but he did convey an appropriately villainous persona.
I was born in the house my father built
Reeves' character Don John was anti-social to begin with. So, communication wouldn't have been a strong suite.
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True, but Denzel's sibling?
A brother from another mother?
I was born in the house my father built
In the days of Shakespeare men played women's parts and no one was expected to look quite like who they were portraying. I think this is Branagh's homage to that.
shareAlso Branagh has stated a few times his interpretations are often not set in any particular time or place. Thats why its OK they have modern musical instruments at the dance and people eat seedless grapes. Those did not exist in Shakespeare's time. Mixed race brothers would not be out of place in his universe. As are people speaking in English and American accents when they are supposed to be Italian or Spanish.
His version of Hamlet was even more fantasy-like. nothing is specific to a certain time period. Theres a mix of dark ages, medieval, renaissance, and industrial ages.
The actual dialogue refers to Don John (Reeves) being the Prince's bastard brother - being Shakespeare he would have been using the word in it's traditional sense: illegitimate. It is entirely possible for two half-brothers to look this dissimilar.
sharelol how did I know some idiot would bring the race card on this board at some point.
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