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=Julius Caesar (2010) =



Overview
===Plot: Caesar is an arrogant leader who is oblivious to an impending doom. On a procession through the streets of Rome a fortuneteller foretells his death, but Caesar overlooks it. A conspiracy is formed to end Caesars ever growing power, his closest friends are planning his assassination. Again he is warned about his upcoming death from his wife and he is convinced not to go to the Senate meeting. Brutus, one of the conspirators, convinces him to ignore his wife's dream and to go to the meeting anyway. On March 15, the foretold date of his death, they kill Caesar but Mark Antony pretends to be the conspirators ally and is allowed to speak at Caesars funeral, revealing his hatred for the conspirators. Hearing this, the Romans ran them out of Rome. Brutus is then visited by Caesars' ghost and is assured he will see Caesar again at Philippi. Mark and Octavius face Brutus and Cassius in battle, as Cassius's forces lose ground to Mark's, Brutus has defeated Octavius's. By the end of the battle, Brutus has killed himself by falling on his own sword, which swayed Octavius into giving up the battle. === ===User Rating: ===

====**Julius Caesar -** Dictator of Rome: Julius Caesar was a Roman military leader who wants the throne but pretends to me modest so that the people will think he's generous and very worthy of the throne. Julius had also passed many laws to Empower the Triumvirate. Julius is warned by his wife not to go to Senate, he goes anyway and is killed--like Calpurnia had predicted.====

DAVID WENHAM
======== David Wenham has experience with period roles. See: 300 and Moulin Rouge!

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Matt Damon has experience with physically demanding roles, see the Bourne Trilogy and the Oceans Trilogy.

VINCENT REGAN
======== Vincent Regan has been in a production of Macbeth titled, "ShakespeRetold". He's also been in tough-guy roles in movies such as 300 and Troy.

CILLIAIN MURPHY
======== Cillian Murphy has played the scary guy in movies such as Red Eye, and also plays someone kind of "crazy" in the upcoming movie Peacock.

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Jared Leto has done movies such as Fight Club and Girl, Interrupted, which justifies him for a less-challenging role as the Cobbler.

====**Octavius Ceasar -** is Julius's adopted grand-nephew. He eventually became the absolute ruler of rome after the closing of the play. Helps to defeat the enemy on the plains of Philipi. Father of Augustus. He was cruel when he was young, but later became mild. He is willing to conduct a ruthless reign of terror in which the triumvirs are methodically slaughtered. He is shrewed in his political assessments, and extremely over-confident that he will defeat his enemy.==== BRADLEY COOPER Bradley Cooper will play Octavius because he is a talented actor. After he graduated from the Honors English program at Georgetown University, he moved to New York City to enroll in the Masters of Fine Arts program at the Actor Studio Drama School at New York University. While still in school, Bradley began his professional career. He skipped his graduation ceremony in order to star in his first feature film titled, Wet Hot American Summer.

**Casca -** He is one of the conspirators and he starts the assassination of Ceasar by stabbing him from behind.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE Daniel Radcliffe will play Casca because he is backstabbing. He was born on July 23, 1989 and began performing in small school production as a small boy. He plays Harry Potter in the Harry Potter series.

**Mettelus -** With the conspirators, he wants his brother's banishment revoked. He allows the conspirators to become close to Ceasar.
PETER SARSGAARD Peter Sarsgaard will play Mettelus because he's quite the versatile actor. See: An Education, Garden State

Jonny Depp will play Pindarus because he is outgoing. Born June 9, 1963, actor, director and musician. His original film debut was Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984; he also played Edward Scissorhands.

====**Cinna the Poet -** A humble poet that is killed because he is mistaken as another Cinna, the Conspirator. He bursts into Brutus's tent and tries to warn the army that Brutus and Cassius are mad at each other but gets taken away.====

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Zach Galifianakis will play cinna the poet because he is funny.

**The Carpenter -** Celebrates Ceasar's victory and the Feast of Lupercal with the Cobbler.
ED HELMS

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Ed Helms will play the Carpenter, because he can pull out his tooth and he spent four years as a correspondant on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

====**Mark Antony** - Caesar's true friend who avenges Caesar after his death. He has a impulsive and improvisatory nature that makes him stronger than the conspirators. He is also very opportunistic in thwarting the conspirators. He turns Romans against conspirators and defeats Brutus and Cassius on the plains of Philippi. After which he becomes ruler of Rome. He is very open with his lifestyle, he does not keep anything private.==== ORLANDO BLOOM Orland Bloom should be Mark Antony because in the movies Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings he is on the good side but is deceiving to the bad people.

====**Caius Cassius -** He was the mastermind behind the assassination. His reasoning behind this is his personal envy and jealousy of Caesar's ever-growing power. He is a good judge of human nature, which helps him find the right men to join the assassination and become conspirators.==== WILLIAM DAFOE William Dafoe: He plays the ultimate bad guy in the majority of his movies including Spider-Man and Gangs of New York.

**__Trebonius:__** He was a conspirator against Caesar and helped in the assassination. He kept Mark Antony away from Senate while Caesar was being killed.
EDDIE GATHEGI Edi Gathegi because he plays the part of an enemy in Twilight and My Bloody Valentine. He does not have a big part; he is one of the minor antagonists.

**Lucius -** Brutus's servant and friend to Cassius.
TOM FELTON Tom Felton because he plays the antagonist in some of his movies such as the Harry Potter series and Home Farm Twins.

**Cicero -** A Roman who is neither with or against Caesar and the conspirators.
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Christopher Lloyd because in some of his movies such as Baby Geniuses and Angels in the Outfield he plays a minor character who is neither the with or against anyone in the movie.

**Soothsayer -** He is a fortune teller who warns Caesar of his upcoming death.
EDDIE IZZARD Eddie Izzard because he is not very important in his movies but has one important part. Filmography includes: Valkerie and My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

KEIRA KNIGHTLY


Keira Knightley would make a good Calphurnia. The person who plays her needs to be good at seeming worried and upset and almost naggy too. She did a good job with that on Pirates of the Carribean. (Pride and Prejudice, Atonement)

==== **Brutus -** He was one of the men who helped assassinate Caesar, even though they were friends. He didnt kill him for greed or anything like the other conspirators wanted to, but because he thought it was best for Rome. It was debated if he was a villan or a hero. In the end Mark Antony says Brutus was the noblest Roman of them all. ====

GEORGE CLOONEY

The person who plays Brutus needs to be almost two-faced. Brutus was Caesars friend but was also the one to kill him. George Clooney is a good actor and would be good at portraying someone like Brutus. (Oceans Eleven, the Men Who Stare at Goats)

==== **Cinna -** He is very manipulative. He is responsible for getting Brutus involved in the conspiracy. He was also the one who places the letters responsible for making Brutus think that Cassius was the manipulator. When the mob went out to kill conspirators, Cinna the Poet was killed instead of Cinna the conspirator. ====

GERARD BUTLER Since Cinna is super manipulative and Gerard Butler was a beast like that in Law Abiding Citizen, he would make a great Cinna. (P.S I Love you, Law Abiding Citizen)

==== **Portia -** Brutus' wife. He is hiding the conspiracy from her and she tries to find out what he is hiding. It is believed that she killed herself at the end of the play when her death is under "strange circumstances". ====

JULIA ROBERTS She seems like the caring type that cares a lot about what her husband does. Julia Roberts would be good at being honestly concerned, people would believe it. (Pretty Woman, Americas Sweethearts)

==== **Marullus and the messenger -** Marullus is one of the men killed at the beginning of the play because he took things off of Caesars statues. He was afraid of Caesar becoming too powerful and wanted to make people aware of this. ====

HUGH LAURIE In the TV show House M.D., Hugh Laurie (who plays Dr. Gregory House) is very blunt. Marullus is the same way. He wanted people to know that Caesar was becoming too powerful and he was willing to do anything to get his point across. Just like Hugh Laurie's character, House. (101 Dalmatians, Sense and Sensibility)

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