Paul Giamatti Joins Romeo & Juliet

As Friar Lawrence Since shooting is positioned to begin shortly in Italia, director Carlo Carlei is finishing the comfort in the cast for his new adaptation of Romeo And Juliet. As well as the latest actor to step aboard? Paul Giamatti. The Barney's Version actor look as Friar Lawrence, an important consultant to both Romeo and Juliet inside the play, who likely regrets helping them get together given their tragic finish. Kids in people days, right?Douglas Booth, most recently noticed in the Beeb's Great Anticipation, is on as Romeo, while True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld will probably be Juliet. Erection dysfunction Westwick and Kodi Smit-McPhee have signed onto play Tybalt and Benvolio.Getting a script by Downton Abbey supremo Julian Fellowes (adapting work initially created by some bloke referred to as Will, as well as by Rhys Ifans if Roland Emmerich was right all along - kidding!), Carlei is positioned to film in Mantua, which same with really the city Romeo is banned to inside the play. You will see several set work done at Rome's famous Cinecitta Art galleries.Giamatti, meanwhile, was last noticed in The Ides Of March. He's Rock Old range and Cosmopolis set to achieve this year and has existed Sundance marketing Don Coscarelli's new horror comedy John Dies Within The Finish.