The title of this post is a query seen more and more frequently from visitors to this web site. Most likely they are not asking about our upcoming theatre production of Jane Eyre but rather the planned movie starring Ellen Page, which was reported by the Bronte Blog and others back last May and there's been hardly a peep about it since then.

Finding the perfect Rochester may be even more difficult than finding the right Jane. He has to be attractive but not classically handsome; gruff and masculine but sensitive; and able to laugh as well as brood.

So who will play Rochester for the new movie? Nobody knows yet. Here is a list of men who have played him in past movies and television series.

But what about this production? Our JANE EYRE 2008 Rochester, Greg Oliver Bodine, will not be playing the role again for Mergatroyd Productions and so the search is on. Who indeed will be playing Mr. Rochester in JANE EYRE 2009? Time and auditions will tell.

Monday, February 16, 2009