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 Damian Lewis: Joins cast of 'Romeo and Juliet' as Lord Capulet
40-year-old actor Damian Lewis has been cast as Lord Capulet in 'Romeo and Juliet'.
The actor, who appears as Nicholas Brody in award-winning drama Homeland, will take the part of Lord Capulet in the Carlo Carlei-helmed movie adaptation.
Natascha McElhone has won the part of Lady Capulet, while Stellan Skarsgård will play the Prince of Verona and Lesley Manville has been cast as The Nurse, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Actor Christian Cooke will appear as Mercutio, Leon Vitali is to play the Apothecary, and Tomas Arana and Laura Morante will portray Romeo's parents Lord and Lady Montague.
Hailee Steinfeld has already been cast as Juliet, while Douglas Booth has filled the role of Romeo. Paul Giamatta is Friar Laurence, Kodi Smit-McPhee will play Benvolio and Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick is Tybalt.
'Romeo and Juliet' began filming in Italy ten days ago.
Julian Fellowes, the screenwriter, said of the film: "We felt that it had been quite a long time since there had been a romantic, traditional rendition of the piece. "People have made Romeo since [Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version] - and some very good ones - but they were set in modern Ohio or whatever. This isn't that.
"This is the romantic medieval love story as conceived by Shakespeare. We felt that really what we needed was just to make it slightly more accessible to today's generation. That, I hope, is all we've done. My dream would be that you watch it and you think you've watched the whole thing written by Shakespeare."
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