The Social Network screenwriter’s take on Harper Lee’s novel had been opposed by her estate, and reports say portrayal of Atticus Finch has been softened
Litigation from the estate of Harper Lee has forced the producers of the Broadway adaption of To Kill a Mockingbird, which opens on Thursday, to change their portrayal of Lee’s iconic lawyer Atticus Finch as a man who drinks alcohol, keeps a gun and curses mildly.
Instead, the character played by actor Jeff Daniels is “as the estate wanted … a clean-living hero throughout, who is described in the play’s opening moments as the ‘most honest and decent person in Maycomb’”, according to the New York Times, which has seen previews of the much-anticipated production.
Calpurnia: Jem was stickin’ up for you and maybe a little bit me and you made him say he was sorry.
Atticus: I believe in being respectful.
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