How literary characters changed over time in cinema (PHOTOS) – The Saxon

There are many literary characters about whom more than one film has been filmed. And the directors continue to shoot films, revealing the book characters from the other side. After all, a well-known literary character changes on the screen not only with the help of an actor, since his image depends on the work of the operator, screenwriter, costume designer and even a whole team .. And the style of work of these people changes under the influence of time. Let's take a look at how literary heroes transform into films over time.

If you forget Vasile Livanova, Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr., Basil Rathbone, Peter Cushing, Matt Frewer and Will Ferrell also played Sherlock Holmes.

Anna Karenina: Greta Garbo, Sophie Marceau, Helen McCrory and Vittoria Puccini.

Mary Poppins: Mary Weeks in 1949, Julie Andrews in 1964 and Emily Blunt in 2018.

Natasha Rostova: Audrey Hepburn (1956), Lyudmila Savelyeva (1966) and Lily James (2016).

Hercule Poirot: In 1974 he was played by Albert Finney, in 1989 by David Suchet, in 2001 by Alfred Molina, and in 2018 by John Malkovich.

Lolita: Sue Lyon in 1962 and Dominic Swain in 1997.

In addition to Gary Oldman, Count Dracula was played by John Carradine, Christopher Lee, Gerard Butler and Claes Banga.

Juliet was created by Olivia Hussey in 1968, Claire Danes in 1996, and Hayley Steinfield in 2013 for Shakespeare's classic.

The image of Romeo from the classic Shakespeare was played by Leonard Whiting, Leonardo DiCaprio and Douglas Booth.

Alice Lewis Carroll was embodied on the screen by both children (Fiona Fullerton in 1972 and Cyrus Chance in 2020) and adults (Kate Beckinsale in 1998 and Katherine Scorsone in 2009).

Vanity Fair's Becky Sharp was played by Miriam Hopkins and Reese Witherspoon and Olivia Cook.

Peter Pan remained in the memory of the audience thanks to Sergey Vlasov, Jeremy Sumpter and Charlie Rowe.

Dorian Gray: Heard Hatfield (1945), Helmut Berger (1970) and Ben Barnes (2009).

Daisy Buchanan from The Great Gatsby: Lois Wilson (1926), Mia Farrow (1974) and Carey Mulligan (2013).

Elena Troyanskaya: Rossana Podesta in 1956, Diane Kruger in 2004 and Bella Dane in 2018.

Sherlock Holmes's beloved Irene Adler: Charlotte Rampling in 1976, Gail Hannika in 1984, in 2012 Lara Pulver.

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