The creators of the movie "Crimson Peak": actors and roles

In the autumn of 2015, the screenshots of the movie "Crimson Peak" from the director of the films "Labyrinth of the Faun" and "The Devil's Ridge" Guillermo del Toro. The famous director has not changed himself, once again creating a bold Gothic masterpiece that will take a worthy place in the collection of any cinephile.

The creators of the film

Like every scene or plot of the movie "Crimson Peak" (2015), the actors and roles were selected by Guillermo del Toro very carefully, so that the screen exactly embodied the idea he had planned.

Preparation for the shooting of the picture of ghosts began in 2012. Initially, it was planned that in the movie "Crimson Peak" the actors and roles they played will be as follows: Emma Stone will embody the character Edith, and Benedict Cumberbatch will play Thomas Sharpe. But in the long run, the alleged executors of the lead roles dropped out of the project, and it was necessary to look for a replacement. But this did not take much time, since many talented actors are ready to collaborate with such a director as Guillermo del Toro.

In the film "Crimson Peak" actors and roles were distributed as follows: the role of the writer Edith went to the young actress Mie Vasikovskaya, which most viewers know by the role of Alice in the films "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice in the Looking Glass" by Tim Burton, the role of Thomas Sharpe got British actor Tom Hiddleston, winner of the MTV award for the film "The Avengers", and his sister Lucille - Jessica Chestane, who played a major role in the mystical thriller "Mama".

The role of Edith's father, businessman Carter Cushing, was performed by Jim Beaver, the star of the series "Supernatural" and "Deadwood."

One of the main roles in the film embodied Charlie Hannam. The audience knows him on the fantastic action movie "Pacific Frontier" and the drama "Hooligan" by Lexi Alexander. In "Crimson Peak" Charlie Hannam played the role of Alan McMichael, a young curious doctor and best friend of Edith.

A small role for Detective Holly, who is trying to learn more about Thomas Sharpe and his sister, was played by Bern Gorman, who became world famous thanks to the series "The Game of Thrones".

As the director and screenwriter Guillermo del Toro made. He wrote more than 10 versions of the script before proceeding to the shooting.

At the end of 2013 for the movie "Crimson Peak" actors and roles were approved, and the shooting process began. Filming took place in Canada, in the cities of Kingston and Toronto.

Plot

The main character of the film is a young, hopeful girl named Edith, who writes gothic novels and dreams of becoming a great writer.

Once Edith meets Thomas Sharpe - an English ruined aristocrat. Edith falls in love with an attractive young man. After the wedding, Thomas takes Edith to England to his estate, which in the district is called "Crimson Peak".

Edith will soon realize that her new home is the abode of fear and death. At night ghosts come out of the walls, trying to save Edith from the deadly danger. They are the only ones who can tell that her lover is not who she says she is.

Reviews

The picture "Crimson peak", actors and roles, were highly appreciated by critics. Famous American horror writer Stephen King called the picture "gorgeous and damn scary."

Despite the high rating on the viewing sites and the positive reviews of critics for the movie "Crimson Peak", the actors (and the roles played successfully by them, in this did not help) received no awards. But, no doubt, they still have many successful projects ahead of them.