Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
CAST
Benedick: The actor I have chosen to play the role of Benedick is Ryan Reynolds. With his good looks and witty personality, there is no doubt he can persue this role. His hilarious comments make him a perfect character to play Benedick
Hero: While Hero was accused for being unfaithful to Claudio, the actress best suited to take on her role is Kristen Stewart. At one point she had cheated on Robert Pattinson so it will be easier for her to get into character.
Don John: Everybody hates the antagonist of a story and nobody can play this role better than the modern day antagonist, Kanye West. Having belittled the lives of Taylor Swift and other artist, ruining the lives of other fictional characters should be a piece of cake.
Ryan Reynolds
As Benedick
Kristen Stewart
As Hero
Kanye West
As Don John
PLOT
The Plan
Don John, the antagonist of the story, is always looking for trouble. He comes up with a plan to degrade Hero by pretending that she has cheated on Claudio. While we know that it was actually Margaret, Claudio does not. Without this major event there would not be a story.
Hero's Death
When Claudio accuses Hero of being unfaithful to him she is mortified. The humiliation she faced caused her to faint due to how her name had been tarnished. The friar comes up with a plan that Hero should pretend to be dead rather than face humiliation until her name is cleared. By the occurrence of this major events, the plan of Don johns was revealed.
Two Weddings
Even though Hero had appeared to be dead, after her name was cleared she came out of hiding and married Claudio. While Claudio thought he was marrying her identical cousin, in the end the two lovers ended up together along with Beatrice and Benedick whom denied their love for one another throughout the entirety of the play. Towards the climax of the play everything was messed up but by these two couples marrying in the end, everything ended up the way they were supposed to in the beginning.
THEME
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River (Official)
Lies/Deceit
While the whole scenario of Hero cheating on Claudio was planned out and a big lie in itself, the characters, however, did not know of this. Claudio believes hero has been lying to him and being unfaithful like in the song, a girl is caught cheating as well. The deceitfulness of Don John leads to Claudio calling Hero out without questioning first just like in that song "you don't have to say what you did, i already know, i found out from him." It also leads to Hero fainting or "crying a river" to end up lying once again and faking her death. This song is about lying which easily helps tie in the theme of lying and deceit in the play.