How do you follow up one of the most successful blockbusters of all time? If you’re Joss Whedon, the answer is apparently simple: bring together a bunch of your friends for a low budget, black and white, contemporary Shakespeare adaptation shot in your own house in less than two weeks. Style-wise, scale-wise and budget-wise Much Ado about Nothing and The Avengers almost couldn’t be more different. Yet both share an unmistakeable charm: the kind that comes from an egoless artist working – playing – with source material he adores. In that way, both pictures are pure Joss Whedon.
For those unfamiliar with the plot of Shakespeare’s adored romantic comedy, the story goes like this: Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon (Reed Diamond; TVs Dollhouse), comes to visit for a month in the home of Leonato (Clark Gregg; The Avengers). While there, Claudio (Fran Kranz; The Cabin in the Woods), a young member of the Princes’ entourage, falls head over heels in love with Leonato’s daughter Hero (Jillian Morgese), while another, Benedick (Alexis Denisof; TVs Angel) trades clever barbs with Hero’s cousin Beatrice (Amy Acker; TVs Angel) even as their friends scheme mischievously to foster romance between them. But both pairing are soon threatened by the machinations of Don John (Sean Maher; TVs Firefly), Don Pedro’s bastard brother, bent on wreaking havoc in whatever way he can.
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