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 ...
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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 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'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 ...

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

Director James McTeigue, stars Stephen Rea and Natasha Wightman, and more on shaved heads, Warners' reaction to the queer ...
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‘V for Vendetta’ a brutal fight done right

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