Genius - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Genius"
Genius (2016)
Timing:
1:44 (104 min)
6.5/10
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Actors and characters
Demetri Goritsas
Character John Wheelock
Harry Attwell
Character Assistant Editor
Eve Bracken
Character Zippy Perkins
Gillian Hanna
Character Julia Wolfe
Miquel Brown
Character Eleanor, Perkins' Maid
Rosy Benjamin
Character Scribner's Staff
Elaine Caulfield
Character Mabel Wolfe
Richard Dempsey
Character Director
Katya Watson
Character Jane Perkins
Lorna Doherty
Character Peggy Perkins
Makenna McBrierty
Character Nancy Perkins
Ray Strasser King
Character James, Mailroom Clerk
David Altaner
Character Scribner's Staff
Charles Dinsdale
Character Scribner's Staff
Kenneth Hazeldine
Character Scribner's Staff
Oliver King
Character Scribner's Staff
Alex Large
Character Scribner's Staff
Charlotte Longfield
Character Scribner's Staff
Nick Mercer
Character Scribner's Staff
Kim Rosenfeld
Character Scribner's Staff
James Wallace
Character Scribner's Staff
Katherine Kingsley
Character Purring Woman
Stella McCabe
Character Guest at Purring Woman's Table
Christopher Oram
Character Guest at Purring Woman's Table
Mike Vessey
Character Guest at Purring Woman's Table
Ian Drysdale
Character Actor
Alistair Sanderson
Character Lighting Technician
Alexander Scrivens
Character Lighting Technician
Cassandra Nina
Character Woman at Bar
Pamela Okoroafor
Character Woman at Bar
Kenji Fenton
Character Band
Neville Malcolm
Character Band
Winston Rollins
Character Band
Chris Storr
Character Band
Frank Tontoh
Character Band
Jamal Crawford
Character Dancer
Kemi Durosinmi
Character Dancer
Jo Dyce
Character Dancer
Kevin Ketti
Character Dancer
Lesley Mutombo-Agbepa
Character Dancer
Joshua Robinson
Character Dancer
James Bierman
Character Funeral Minister
Trina Dillon
Character Effie Wolfe
Gary Thomsett
Character Frank Wolfe
Mark Phillimore
Character Frederick Wolfe
What's left behind the scenes
- The biographical book by A. Scott Berg, “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius,” on which the film is based, was published in 1978 and won the prestigious National Book Award two years later.
- Nicole Kidman described Aline Bernstein, the role she played in "Genius," as a woman who was "dark-haired, fiery, and strong." "She should have been born in another era," the actress said. "I like characters like that."
- This is the third joint project for Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, and the first in which they do not play a married couple. The actors previously starred together in the war drama "Retribution" (Jonathan Teplitzky, 2013) and the thriller "Before I Go to Sleep" (Rowan Joffe, 2013). This is the second joint project for Kidman and Jude Law. In 2003, Kidman and Law starred together in Anthony Minghella's war drama "Cold Mountain."
- To get into the role, Jude Law visited the Thomas Wolfe House (1900-1938), a museum dedicated to the writer, in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina.
- This is the directorial debut of Michael Grandage in cinema.
- Following "Genius," Nicole Kidman and Michael Grandage collaborated on the play "Photograph 51," which was staged at the "Noël Coward Theatre" in the West End (the western part of central London, where theatrical and concert life is concentrated). Kidman received the "Evening Standard Theatre Award" for her role in the play.
- The distribution company "Roadside Attractions" from Los Angeles, California, planned to premiere the film at the Berlin International Film Festival, which is held annually in February, and to begin theatrical release in July 2016. The company applied the exact same strategy to Bill Condon's film "Mr. Holmes" (2015), which also starred Laura Linney and received high praise from critics and audiences.
- Michael Fassbender was originally slated to play Thomas Wolfe, but due to scheduling conflicts and delays in the film's production, the actor was forced to leave the project. Jude Law took on the role of Wolfe.
- In 2007, the screenplay for the film "Genius" was included in the so-called "Black List" of the most promising, but unrealized, screenplays.
- According to the screenwriter, John Logan, who first read A. Scott Berg's novel in 1983, work on the film continued for 15 years.
- Jude Law and Michael Grandage had previously collaborated on theatrical productions of "Henry V" and "Hamlet".
- In reality, Eileen Bernstein was 20 years older than Thomas Wolfe. Nicole Kidman is only 5 and a half years older than Jude Law.
- The film's cast includes two Academy Award winners (Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth) and two nominees (Jude Law and Laura Linney).
- Throughout the film, Perkins, played by Colin Firth, appears wearing a hat. He removes it only once, when reading the writer’s posthumous letter at the very end of the film.
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