I am re-reading Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, as Cary Fukunaga's take on it should be released sometime in 2011. Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Alice in Wonderland) as Jane, with some fantastic actors such as Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Michael Fassbender, Sophie Ward, and many others. Is Mia too pretty to play the part of plain Jane? Some people would say, yes. I think that Mia has a kind of flexible beauty, she can still be beautiful and plain.
Re-reading the book, it is clear to me that, whilst Charlotte Brontë defines Jane as "... you were no beauty as a child", that is not the same that saying she was ugly. The regime of the educational establishment were she grew up meant that her manner, appearance and clothing were worked out to be plain. However, I disagree with the common assumption that she was 'plain Jane', she was not. Canons of beauty change over time, indeed in the past few years they have moved here in Britain. The book was written in the first half of the 19th century, Jane's plainness was defined within the idea of beauty of that time. Would she be considered plain nowadays?
I originally read the book in a Spanish translation some forty years ago. I understand that filming has just finished, or nearly, in Yorkshire. I am looking forward to it. Fukunaga's Sin Nombre was a brilliant film.
For a just released still from the film please follow the link:
http://mia-wasikowska.net/2010-05-14/update_ID=428
See also USA TODAY for more information:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-05-14-brontes14_ST_N.htm
Post updated on May 16th, 2010.
Re-reading the book, it is clear to me that, whilst Charlotte Brontë defines Jane as "... you were no beauty as a child", that is not the same that saying she was ugly. The regime of the educational establishment were she grew up meant that her manner, appearance and clothing were worked out to be plain. However, I disagree with the common assumption that she was 'plain Jane', she was not. Canons of beauty change over time, indeed in the past few years they have moved here in Britain. The book was written in the first half of the 19th century, Jane's plainness was defined within the idea of beauty of that time. Would she be considered plain nowadays?
I originally read the book in a Spanish translation some forty years ago. I understand that filming has just finished, or nearly, in Yorkshire. I am looking forward to it. Fukunaga's Sin Nombre was a brilliant film.
For a just released still from the film please follow the link:
http://mia-wasikowska.net/2010-05-14/update_ID=428
See also USA TODAY for more information:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-05-14-brontes14_ST_N.htm
Post updated on May 16th, 2010.
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