I just read the Picture of Dorian Gray in June, and I could just swear that Basil was a man? But in this movie (which I haven´t seen, though) Basil is played by a woman. How can that be? Did they just change the story, or is my memory fooling me?????
shareBasil Hallward is a man in the book, but for this movie, they decided to have the role be a woman, for reasons which are mentioned in the review above on this page.
shareMore than likely, it was really to ease up on the homoerotic subtext of the novella and make it more mainstream (i.e. commercial). Kind of a classical "Will and Grace".
share You are absolutely right. I think that was their *subtle* point. Hence they messed everything up and there is , if you think of it, nothing left of the psychological side of the novel itself.
I agree with the review - Wilde is not there. At All!
lesson learned I hope: don't mess with a classic
The woman who plays Basil is the best actor of the bunch, and I actually quite enjoyed seeing a woman in that role. However,I am partisan of if you are going make a classic new, you should go all the way like Baz Luhrman did with Romeo and Juliet.He chose American actors, to set the action in modern days, all his choices made the story look fresh and exciting.. The man who plays Harry is a horrid actor, he looks like he is playing in a community college play, and I am not harping on community colleges, since all places of learning offer good opportunities for self-improvement.
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