MoS DIARY: From Thrones to Rome... hail Sean, the new Caesar



He’s made a career out of playing ruthless men who show their rivals no mercy – so Game Of Thrones star Sean Bean should be perfect as Julius Caesar in a new British film adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.

Sean will play the Roman dictator, appearing alongside Samantha Barks’s Portia and Mackenzie Crook, who takes the role of Cassius.

‘Sean is going to be great,’ said Samantha at the Bailey’s Feaster Egg Hunt at Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge. ‘I think he’s perfect for the role – he’s got the right look for it.’

Sean Bean, left, and pictured in Games of Thrones, right, is to play Julius Caesar in a new British film adaptation of Shakespeare's play



Sean, 55, will have his work cut out competing with the 1970 version, in which Caesar was played by acting legend John Gielgud, Portia was played by Diana Rigg and Charlton Heston played Mark Antony – that role will be filled this time by Misfits star Robert Sheehan.

The movie, called Caesar, has been given a £10 million budget and starts shooting this summer.

Gaia Weiss - who has captured the heart of Harry Potter star Sean Biggerstaff

Beautiful French actress Gaia Weiss has captured the heart of Harry Potter star Sean Biggerstaff.



Gaia who appears in The Legend Of Hercules, met Sean – quidditch captain Oliver Wood in the Potter series – on the set of a new film version of Mary, Queen of Scots.

‘We kept it a secret when filming because we didn’t want to be unprofessional,’ said Gaia, 22, at the Motion Photography Prize at London’s Saatchi Gallery last week.



But the pair don’t plan to act together again. ‘I think it’s weird when couples appear together in something, especially when they play lovers,’ she added.



The Queen’s Master of Music also seems to be her master of mischief.



When Sir Peter Maxwell Davies met the Queen to tell her he was retiring as her composer, courtiers heard raucous laughter coming from behind closed doors at Buckingham Palace.



‘We were swapping jokes,’ said Sir Peter, 79. ‘The servants outside wondered what was going on, but I’m not going to reveal the jokes, other than to say they were very funny.



The Queen is a great woman with a great sense of humour.’