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New Posters for the Fassbender-Cotillard Macbeth

This week, Empire released these new posters for the Justin Kurzel's Macbeth with Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.


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Richard III seems complicated because, as the last of a group of four plays, its characters share a bloody past that is unfamiliar to most readers.

But the play isn't as complicated as it seems. In the first half, Richard does everything he can to get the crown. In the second, he does everything he can to keep it. Stay focused on Richard and you won't get lost.
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