Ophelia is a 2018 British-American romantic drama film directed by Claire McCarthy and written by Semi Chellas about the character of the same name from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.Based on the novel by Lisa Klein, the film follows the story of Hamlet from Ophelia's perspective. A re-imagining of Hamlet, told from Ophelia's perspective.

Read Next: ‘Wizards’ VFX Pros Share How They Created the Magic in Guillermo del Toro’s Netflix Series The movie was filmed in the Czech Republic at historical locations and in re-created medieval interiors at Barrandov Studios in Prague. Ophelia is a student at the University of Cambridge, where she meets Michael Credit: Getty - Contributor. The first episode of The Deceived - starring Paul Mescal, It tells the story of a Cambridge undergraduate English student called Ophelia (Reid) who falls in love with her professor Dr Michael Callaghan (Scanlan), and explores the issue of gaslighting.

Many scenes were filmed at Cambridge University, where Ophelia meets Michael, but some shots of the campus were actually taken at Queens University and Campbell College in Belfast.Speaking about filming in Belfast, Shelley Conn, who plays Ruth: "I’ve not worked in Belfast before, or even visited and they’ve done a great job of taking Belfast and making it Cambridge. EastEnders teases Stacey Fowler’s dramatic return asBen Shephard calls out ‘smug’ Tipping Point contestant asDon't Rock The Boat: Full celebrity line up revealedStacey Solomon reveals she and Joe Swash are consideringMother of the bride kicked out of wedding for brutalVJ Day 2020: What is Victory over Japan Day and how is it Here's everything we know about the filming locations. "Ophelia" is a song recorded by American folk rock band The Lumineers.

A re-imagining of Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. The colleges we’ve been using, Queen’s University, is just beautiful. The show begins at the University of Cambridge, where Ophelia is a student. With Daisy Ridley, Mia Quiney, Calum O'Rourke, Nathaniel Parker. Producer Daniel Bobker developed the film based on Lisa Klein’s book exploring Ophelia’s possible offstage life.Production designer Dave Warren, who created the imposing Great Hall, where Claudius’ crime is slowly unmasked by Hamlet, says the decision to create the space at Barrandov was one driven by a tight shooting schedule and Czech crews with phenomenal art and decor skills.The production considered using the real-life Krivoklat Castle, he says, but the crew found that a grand hall just as big could be built on a soundstage in part of Barrandov’s popular Novy Haly building.A chapel at Krivoklat was used for the wedding scene, and additional structures in the town of Kutna Hora were considered. Many scenes were filmed at Cambridge University, where Ophelia meets Michael, but some shots of the campus were actually taken at Queens University and Campbell College in Belfast. But shooting in castles that are protected monuments greatly limits camera moves and lighting. 30 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LA Justin Timberlake Dorothy Foster played her opposite Charles Raymond's Hamlet in the 1912 film Hamlet.
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The film follows a young girl named Ophelia who becomes a lady-in-waiting to the Queen and is soon drawn into the court's politics and has a torrid love affair with the Queen's son. “Some of the reference here is from a lovely palazzo in Florence,” Warren says, showing off the faux stonework and rich tapestries that surround Gertrude’s chambers.The worn-looking spaces were wrought with “this idea of faded grandeur — a couple of other queens had this before her.”Ophelia serves as a breath of fresh air to the nearly imprisoned queen in this telling. Ophelia has been portrayed on screen since the days of early silent films.

TV & Movies In film. Directed by Claire McCarthy. Filming Timeline. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. The recently wrapped film “Ophelia,” a reimagining of “Hamlet” told from the perspective of one of its most ambivalent and least understood characters, gives its title character “more dimension and gravitas than she was afforded in Shakespeare’s original story,” says director Claire McCarthy.The feature — the first to be completed by indie production, finance and sales outfit Covert Media — brings Ophelia, Hamlet’s love interest whose internal conflicts drive her to madness, to the forefront of the story.

Ridley’s character can go outside the castle while Queen Gertrude remains inside.Cutaway ceilings allow for control of lighting and camera moves on the Barrandov set, lending the moody production the look of a $30 million film, although producers say “Ophelia” cost far less. Scenes here were filmed in the real-life Holestone House in Doagh.Outside shots were filmed mainly in Cambridge and Donegal. “Half our schedule we were on soundstages,” says Warren. The decision was also made to add the queen’s antechamber, bath and tower bedroom to the Barrandov set.As for the Great Hall, it changes with Claudius’ machinations and growing paranoia, the drapery becoming more somber in tone and the shadows lengthening as Ophelia’s initial enchantment with court life evolves into a sense of menace.

On or about May 8, 2019, the film was in Completed status. It stars Daisy Ridley in the title role, alongside Naomi Watts, Clive Owen, George MacKay, Tom Felton and Devon Terrell. Jean Simmons played Ophelia to Laurence Olivier's Oscar-winning Hamlet performance in 1948 and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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"One of the main locations in the show is Michael's house in Knockdara.