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Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for the 2023 Poor Things film and the 1992 book by Alasdair Gray!
8 It Takes Place In London Instead Of Scotland Lanthimos didn't feel he could capture Scotland Close The director, Yorgos Lanthimos, had been interested in adapting the novel for many years before finally entering production on Poor Things. However, due to his Greek heritage, he felt too separate from Scottish culture to take on a setting with such rich historical roots. Gray, the book's author, is Scottish.
Most of the changes the film makes involve Bella having more direct control over her life and fading the men into the background. Despite their attempts to bend her to their will, the men are almost invariably portrayed as comical and as small obstacles that Bella can easily overcome. She turns the tables on them and begins to use them to further her development instead of the other way around. Even when she is in dangerous or unsavory situations, it is Bella who decides to be in them.
Conversely, several men are left out of the film, including the father of Victoria, the woman whose body Bella inhabits, Blaydon Hattersley, and Dr. Hooker, a professor Bella meets aboard the ship. Hooker is a companion of the remaining character, Harry Astley, and the two of them embark on exposing Bella to the harsher aspects of life in Alexandria. Taking these characters out doesn't largely impact the plot, as they exist in conjunction with the characters that were included.
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