Revisiting a classic is always a tricky business, but the latest film adaptation of JANE EYRE takes some daring chances in telling Charlotte Bronte’s much loved story of a plain governess and her love for her dashing, if difficult employer. During my talk with them on March 2, 2011, director Cary Fukunaga and star Mia Wasikowska revealed the secrets of filming in the cold, why Jane is as much a role model today as she was in the 19th-century, and why a background in dance is helpful for more than just making graceful moves.
This version brings a contemporary dynamic to the time-honored story while still being true to its spirit as it recounts the story of the title character, played by Wasikowska, a nineteenth-century woman whose tragedy and triumph is her ability to see the world clearly, resist being seduced by the convention of hypocrisy, and to speak her mind in a time when women were barely allowed to speak in a meaningful way, if at all. The film co-stars Michael Fassbender as Mr. Rochester, Judy Dench as Mrs. Fairfax, Jaime Bell as St John Rivers, and Sally Hawkins as Mrs. Reed.
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