Emily Watson played which famous cellist in the film 'Hilary and Jackie'?
Hilary and Jackie Hilary and Jackie Hilary and Jackie is a 1998 British biographical film directed by Anand Tucker, starring Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths as the British classical musician sisters Jacqueline du Pré (cello) and Hilary du Pré (flute). The film covers Jacqueline's meteoric rise to fame, her affair with Hilary's husband Christopher Finzi, and her struggle with multiple sclerosis starting in her late 20s. The screenplay by Frank Cottrell-Boyce is often claimed to have been based on the 1997 memoir "A Genius in the Family" by Piers and Hilary du Pré (later republished under the title "Hilary and Jackie"). However, that
Hilary and Jackie done. If I had gone for half-measures, she would have torn it up. She would have wanted the complete story to be told." Jay Fielden reported in "The New Yorker" that she'd said, "When you love someone, you love the whole of them. Those who are against the film want to look only at the pieces of Jackie's life that they accept. I don’t think the film has taken any liberties at all. Jackie would have absolutely loved it." Hilary and Jackie Hilary and Jackie is a 1998 British biographical film directed by Anand Tucker, starring Emily Watson and Rachel