20 Years Later, 'V for Vendetta's Director Finally Reveals the Real Reason Why Hugo Weaving Replaced James Purefoy [Exclusive]

V for Vendetta director James McTeigue has finally explained why Hugo Weaving replaced James Purefoy, and it all came down to ...

‘V for Vendetta’ Oral History: The Wachowskis, Natalie Portman, and Many More on the Dystopian Classic at 20 Years Old

V for Vendetta' director James McTeigue, screenwriters the Wachowskis, Natalie Portman, and more on the movie's 20th ...

‘V For Vendetta’ at 20: We Spoke to Its Director About the Increasingly Relevant Comic Adaptation

No, we’re not talking about life in 2026; we’re talking about V for Vendetta, the James McTeigue-directed adaptation of the ...
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V for Vendetta's numerous graphic novel changes explained by director 20 years later

EXCLUSIVE: V for Vendetta director James McTeigue explains the movie's numerous graphic novel changes 20 years after it was ...

'V for Vendetta's Director Admits the Guy Fawkes Mask Escaped the Screen and Outgrew the Movie

James McTeigue looks back on V for Vendetta at 20, from its politics and casting to the Guy Fawkes mask’s enduring cultural ...
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Hugo Weaving Replacing James Purefoy

Weaving best known as Agent Smith in the Wachowskis' "The Matrix" trilogy has replaced James Purefoy in Warner Bros. Pictures' V For Vendetta, from the Wachowski brothers and Joel Silver. He will star ...

V for Vendetta director recalls Natalie Portman shaving her head

McTeigue traces his journey, including star Natalie Portman showing up to Cannes for 'Revenge of the Sith' just after she'd ...
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Hugo Weaving Talks Vendetta

Hugo Weaving (best known as Agent Smith in The Matrix and Elrond in The Lord of the Rings) is talking about replacing James Purefoy in the lead role in V for Vendetta, the Wachowski Brothers’ ...
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Hugo Weaving Sounds Off on Republicans, Alt-Right Twisting ‘The Matrix’ and ‘V for Vendetta’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I am befuddled by it,” Weaving said. “It just goes to show how people don’t read below surfaces. They don’t read between the ...