The Young Victoria
Short description
The Young Victoria follows the teenage princess who stands to inherit the British throne. Kept away from court by her mother, the Duchess of Kent, and pressed to give up power before she even wears the crown, Victoria finds herself a pawn in her relatives' plans. Her uncle, King Leopold of Belgium, hopes she will marry his nephew Albert, while her mother's circle pushes a regency that would leave Victoria with little authority. The film traces her path to the throne and her growing bond with Albert, and what follows is a story of a young queen asserting herself.
Jean-Marc Vallée directed, with a screenplay by Julian Fellowes. The film sits third in Vallée's run of features, between C.R.A.Z.Y. and Café de Flore, and was produced by Graham King, Tim Headington and Martin Scorsese. Emily Blunt plays Victoria, Rupert Friend plays Albert, Paul Bettany appears as Lord Melbourne, Miranda Richardson as the Duchess of Kent, Jim Broadbent as King William IV and Thomas Kretschmann as King Leopold, among a credited cast of thirty-two. Made for 35 million dollars, it returned 29 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.2 from around 69,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.2 from roughly a thousand, while the critics' score stands at 6.6 from 153 reviews, below the audience figures.
What's left behind the scenes
- Many interior scenes were filmed at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. The bed in which newlyweds Victoria and Albert slept during their honeymoon was once slept in by Queen Victoria herself, who stayed at the castle in 1843. The bedroom itself is so small that all the filming equipment had to be placed and set up outside the windows.
- The dress worn by Queen Victoria in the film during her first meeting with the council is an exact replica of the dress she actually wore at the time. The dress itself has survived to this day in a British museum collection, however, the original black color has faded to brown over the years due to the lack of colorfastness of the dyes used at the time.
- The seaside scenes were filmed at the same Belvoir Castle, despite it being located more than 100 kilometers from the coast. The coastal sand was actually scattered on the castle terrace, and the surrounding walls were replaced with the sea using computer graphics.
- Emily Blunt's luxurious dresses were insured for ten thousand British pounds each.
- The producer Sarah Ferguson's daughter, Princess Beatrice of York, received a small role in the film as one of the ladies-in-waiting to the Queen. In reality, Beatrice is the great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
- The loose bonnet that Victoria wore in the garden had previously been a costume item in the films “Pride & Prejudice” (2005), “Northanger Abbey” (2007) and “Becoming Jane” (2007).
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