Taymor to Film The Tempest
This month in Hawaii, Julie Taymor will begin filming The Tempest with Helen Mirren as a female Prospero. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Djimon Hounsou (from Blood Diamonds) will play Caliban, Russell Brand Trinculo, and Alfred Molina Stephano. Jeremy Irons will play Alonso.
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Caliban, Stefano, and Trinculo surrounded by "divers spirits in the shape of hounds."
From a Taymor-directed stage production of The Tempest.