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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT In their new romantic comedy, Anyone but You, actors Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell are actually adapting one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, "Much Ado About Nothing." Anyone but You is a rom-com that follows Bea and Ben, two people that form a somewhat meaningful connection that is quickly and accidentally broken.
Anyone but You is not the first movie to adapt "Much Ado About Nothing." The first on-screen English adaptation of the play was a retelling set in Shakespearan times, entitled Much Ado About Nothing, and released in 1993. Real-life husband and wife, Kenneth Branaugh and Emma Thompson, played Benedick and Beatrice respectively. In 2011, Joss Whedon directed a second direct adaptation in a modern, Italian mob setting, starring Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker.
Ben and Bea trace the same general course as Benedick and Beatrice do, starting off as enemies of a sort, sharing witty and aggressive banter, before their peers try to bring them together, and ultimately, they do admit their feelings to each other at the end of Anyone but You. Anyone But You Directly Quotes Much Ado About Nothing If the story and characters were not close enough to the story, Anyone But You actually quotes the original play as well. There are several moments within the movie when characters say lines that appear in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," or certain props have the lines written on them. Some examples are listed here:
Anyone But You's Ending Spells Out The Much Ado About Nothing Inspiration If all of the above did not clarify Anyone But You's Shakespearean source material, the movie ultimately reveals its inspiration during its final moments. At the end of Anyone But You, there is a sign that reads out "Much Ado About Nothing." By far, this is the most obvious connection between Anyone But You and "Much Ado About Nothing.
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