Ralph Fiennes making Directorial Debut!

Actor Ralph Fiennes is set to make his directorial debut with one of The Bard’s lesser-known works. Fiennes will direct a feature film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Roman tragedy ‘Coriolanus’. Fiennes is currently scouting locations and negotiating the financing of his film. Vanessa Redgrave is also being considered for the part of Volumnia, the mother of Coriolanus.

Shakespeare’s play, set in the early years of the Roman Republic, is one of his most politically challenging examinations of the way power corrupts.

Fiennes will also play the title role of the proud but contemptuous soldier spurred on by his ambitious mother to run for the Roman Senate, which ultimately leads to his downfall. — Variety

[source: Variety]