Today's society taking a look at Shakespeare
             Within the film "Looking for Richard," Al Pacino takes the works of William Shakespeare and tries to make it more understandable to today's society. Pacino says, "are goal is to reach an audience who normally would not pay attention to these type of plays." Pacino attempts to pull together a cast that can help to explain the historical background, the language spoken within the play, and many more of the confusing topics related with Shakespeare work. This film shows the amazing play structure of Richard III and also the behind the scenes making of this play. The actors struggle to perform the play in a more understanding manor and it shows their long struggle. When looking at this film an important factor to focus on is the casting of such actors within the film. By using famous names for the film, it will make audiences more attentive to the actual story being told.
             When asked to do such a part an actor must do his or her best to try and fit into the part that is given to he or she. This as easy as it may sound is actually a rather hard task. An actor must first understand the play itself, before one may work on understanding the actual text that is being presented before an audience. "You do not have to understand every word that is said, as long as you get the gist of what is going on. Just trust and you shall get it," says Pacino. In this film the audience is allowed to go back stage and see just what it is like for an actor to fit into their part.
             When an actor tries to fit into a part sometimes one may need to do research on the subject that is going to be preformed. The actors for this particular film had to work many hours on searching for information on the actual creator of the play, William Shakespeare. They traveled back to London, the home of the Globe Theater, and stood within its walls to try and get
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