Netflix’s The King Adds Ben Mendelsohn & More As Filming Starts

The King

Ben Mendelsohn , Robert Pattinson , Lily - Rose Depp and others will join Timothée Chalamet in Netflix ’s Shakespeare - based filmThe King , which is set to start shooting on June 1st . David Michôd will direct the drama afterpreviously helm the Brad Pitt satireWar Machinefor the streaming service . The Kingwas co - spell by Michôd and Joel Edgerton , who antecedently collaborated onAnimal Kingdom .

Based on elements of the Shakespeare playsHenry IVandHenry V , The Kingstars Oscar - candidate Chalamet as Hal , the newly crowned Danaus plexippus who must learn what it takes to be a king from his old ally and wise man Falstaff ( Edgerton ) . In the plays , Hal begins as something of a disgrace , drop his time in taverns with Falstaff and his off-color friends , much to the chagrin of his Father of the Church Henry IV . But when Hal inherits the tip upon the death of Henry , he must scorn his loose way and prove himself worthy of the throne . Co - writer Edgerton previously describedThe Kingas " Shakespeare meetsGame of Thrones . "

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With yield onThe Kingset to kick off , Netflix has announced the full form for the time period drama . link Chalamet will be Ben Mendelsohn as Henry IV , Robert Pattinson as The Dauphin , Lily - Rose Depp as Princess Catherine , Sean Harris as William , Tom Glynn - Carney as Hotspur and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie as Philippa .

The Kingmarks the second coaction between Michôd and Mendelsohn after the two worked together on 2010’sAnimal Kingdom . Michôd and Pattinson also work together before on 2014 ’s post - apocalyptic thrillerThe Rover . Though they ’ve never been in a movie together , Chalamet and Pattinson share a sure bond , having both live what it ’s like to be conceive a major heartthrob . Pattinson of courseachieved genuine stripling image statusafter his performance as vampire Edward in theTwilightfilms . Chalamet himself has become the heartthrob of the instant off his performances inLady Bird , Call Me By Your Nameand others , though he ’s set to challenge that image in his upcoming movies , including the dramaBeautiful Boyin which he run a meth nut .

Being a Shakespeare adaptation , The Kinggives Chalamet and Pattinson a fortune to do a heap more than show off their heartthrob status . Chalamet stairs into a role that ’s previously been tackled by some of the great of celluloid , including Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh ( both of whom point and starred in adaptation ofHenry V , which guide place after Hal has taken the jacket crown and become a great warrior - king with a penchant for giving rousing speeches ) . Edgerton meanwhile steps into the role of Falstaff , one of the juiciest character in all Shakespeare . Orson Welles make arguably the authoritative cinematic interpretation of Falstaff in his 1965 filmChimes at Midnight .