"The Spiderwick Chronicles": actors, roles, short story

In the 2000s, the flowering of the movie in the genre of fantasy has come to pass: "The Lord of the Rings", "Star Wars: Episode 1,2,3", "The Chronicles of Narnia". This also includes a family film "The Spiderwick Chronicles", the actors of which immerse the viewer in the universe of fairies, ogres and brownies. Who played the main roles in this tape and what is its plot?

"The Spiderwick Chronicle": actors and roles. David Strathairn as Spiderwick

The film "The Spiderwick Chronicles" begins with a narrative of how a certain Arthur Spiderwick is working on a unique book in which useful, valuable information about the fairy world and various mythical creatures will be collected.

The author of the eccentric manages to complete his work. Many years after Arthur's death, a new family is being settled in his house, which reveals this strange book. This is how the story of the tape "The Spiderwick Chronicles" takes place.

Actors David Strathairn and Joan Plauright played members of the Spiderwick family. David Strathairn, who embodied on the screens the image of Arthur, - an American actor originally from San Francisco. The artist once was nominated for an Oscar for his work in the film "Good Night and Good Luck." David has repeatedly collaborated with the best artists of Hollywood: Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Kim Basinger and Matt Damon. The last notable role in the movie is character William Seward from the movie "Lincoln".

The Spiderwick Chronicles: actors. Freddie Highmore in the role of twin brothers

The main characters of the "Chronicles" are also Jared and Simon Spiderwick. It is one of the brothers who finds the book in the attic of their new home and begins to read it, after which the incredible events that are described in the tape "The Spiderwick Chronicles" are happening.

Actors for the role of twin brothers auditioned very different. But in the end both characters were entrusted to play one person - Freddie Highmore.

Freddie is an Englishman, was born into a family that was associated with filmmaking. That's why the boy began to drive on casting from the earliest years. Over time, the child has already paired with actors such as Johnny Depp (The Magic Country), Guy Pearce (The Two Brothers) and Helena Bonham Carter (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Then there was a collaboration with the director Ridley Scott, Luke Besson, Kirsten Sheridan and Chris Weitz. After the "Chronicles" Freddie Highmore appeared in such projects as "Arthur and the War of Two Worlds", as well as in "Canterville Ghosts."

Mary-Louise Parker as Helen Grace

In the movie "Spiderwick Chronicles", actors Mary-Louise Parker and Freddie Highmore play the mother and son. The heroine Mary-Louise Parker threw her husband along with three children. Therefore, she moved from a respectable New York to the province, to the old house of Arthur Spiderwick.

Mary-Louise successfully plays in theatrical productions: in 2000 she even won the Tony Award for her role in the play "Proof." Then the actress received one of the main roles in the series "West Wing", which also starred Martin Sheen. A serial film "Angels in America" brought Mrs. Parker "Emmy".

She devoted several years of her life to the "Durman" project, in which Elizabeth Perkins, Hunter Parrish and Romani Malko also played.

Of the full-length films, the best pictures with Mary Louise are "Roasted Green Tomatoes", "Bullets Over Broadway" and "Canyon."

Other performers of roles

Also starred in the movie "Spiderwick Chronicles" actors Sarah Bolger, Andrew McCarthy and Joan Plauright.

Sarah Bolger played the older sister of the twin brothers and daughter Helen. A young actress can also be seen in the television series "Tudors" and in the film "Lazarus Effect".

Andrew McCarthy embodied on the screens the image of Richard Grace. McCarthy has been acting in films since the '80s. A little later he started directing. The most famous projects with the participation of McCarthy - "Rock Mulholland", "Law and Order", "Twilight Zone".

Aunt Lucinda was played by Joan Plauright, a British actress, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the film "The Witch of April." In addition, Plauright played in the films "Stalin", "Jane Eyre" and "101 Dalmatians".

The cast of the movie "The Spiderwick Chronicles" is also Nick Nolty, who played the leader of the goblins, as well as Seth Rogen, who played Piskun. Nick Nolthie was in his time in New York Stories with Kirsten Dants, Cape of Fear with Robert de Niro and Hulke with actor Eric Bann in the lead role. Seth Rogen can be seen in the films "A Little Bit Pregnant", "Green Hornet" and "Fans".

With a budget of $ 90 million, the fantasy film grossed 164 million.