![]() ![]() opted for a look arguably more befitting of one of Hollywood’s most beautiful people. ![]() Which in turn meant that instead of fulfilling Blanchett’s wish to play completely against physical type, Roth and co. That meant bypassing any of Bellairs’ contradictory physical descriptions of characters in favour of Gorey’s interpretation. Instead, they preferred to recreate the illustrations of Edward Gorey, whose pictures adorned the pages of Bellairs’ story set in a magical world of witches and warlocks. However, it wasn’t to be, since director Eli Roth and the creative team behind the screen adaptation of John Bellairs’ 1973 childrens’ novel, The House with a Clock in its Walls, wanted a different aesthetic to the one described in the book. Difficult, yes, but undoubtedly cinematic gold, and something the talented actress would have embraced – and, without doubt, pulled off. Imagine the ethereal Cate Blanchett as an enormous, wizened crone with a penchant for cheap cigars. ![]()
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