He’s performed in films of Wilde plays, been an openly gay actor longer than any of his far more timid comperes, so this had to happen. Stephen Fry played Wilde, Everett’s Oscar captures more of the fun, so it would seem.
He wrote and directed “The Happy Prince” as well, which earns US release Oct. 5.
Oscar winner Colin Firth, Emma Watson and Tom Wilkinson also star in “The Happy Prince.”
