When 21.10.2011
Actors Rhys Ifans (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1; Notting Hill; Hannibal Rising) and Joely Richardson (The Patriot; Nip/Tuck; The Tudors) attend a press junket of their new film, historical thriller Anonymous. Rhys, who plays the Earl of Oxford, tells a story of how he met Joely's mother, Vanessa Redgrave - who plays Queen Elizabeth I in the film - while working backstage on a production of Antony and Cleopatra. Joely is impressed by the story as she didn't know about the meeting until now.Anonymous, directed by Roland Emmerich, explores the conspiracy theory that the works of William Shakespeare were not written by the man himself but by someone else - in this case, Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford
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