John Turturro Cast as Lead in Name of the Rose TV Adaption

John Turturro will play William of Baskerville, the 14th century Franciscan monk who investigates a series of grisly murders in the high-end TV adaptation of Umberto Eco’s bestseller The Name of The Rose, set to start shooting in January at Rome’s Cinecittà Studios. Rupert Everett has been cast as the monk’s antagonist, Inquisitor Bernard Gui. […]