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While writing The Last Man in Europe, I knew exactly who I wanted to play George Orwell as he struggled to give the world Nineteen Eighty-Four: Benedict Cumberbatch. In The Imitation Game, which is about Alan Turing, inventor of the modern computer, Cumberbatch showed his ability to play socially awkward and intellectually complex characters from the period. Turing and Orwell were near contemporaries, and Cumberbatch and Orwell even look alike: tall, gaunt, dark featured.Visit Dennis Glover's website.
For the role of Eileen O’Shaughnessy – Orwell’s brave, witty and tragic wife – who else but...[read on]
My Book, The Movie: The Last Man in Europe.
--Marshal Zeringue