Ngethuba elidlulileyo siphawule ngeendaba zohlengahlengiso olutsha lwe "UKumkani uLear«, ngubani na oya kuba yinkwenkwezi U-Anthony Hopkins, UKeira Knightley y Gwyneth Paltrow.
Ukuya ku, ahora Basanda kudityaniswa ngomnye umdlali weqonga odumileyo: UNahomi uyabukela iya kuba yinxalenye yale nkwenkwezi, kolu guqulelo lutsha lukaWilliam Shakeaspeare lwakudala oluya kubhalwa kwaye luqondiswe ngu. UJoshua Michael Stern (umlawuli osanda kufota "Swing Vote"Kunye noKevin Costner).
UPaltrow noKnightley baphantse baqinisekiswa ukuba banike ubomi kuRegania noCordelia, ezimbini kwiintombi ezintathu zikakumkani, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo iWatts iya kuba ngowesithathu. ILear iya kwenziwa ngu-Anthony Hopkins.