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How Faithful Is the New Rebecca Movie to the Book by Daphne du Maurier? The newest adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel   Rebecca , which arrives on Netflix on Wednesday, follows the book’s unnamed female narrator—identified in the movie credits only as Mrs. de Winter, her married name—as she meets and weds a wealthy widower in Monte Carlo. While living at his gorgeous English coastal estate Manderley, she becomes consumed with jealousy of her new husband’s deceased first wife, the titular Rebecca, who seems to have been universally worshipped by all who knew her. Below, we break down all the ways the film, directed by Ben Wheatley, compares to du Maurier’s moody best-seller—including how its famous plot twist unfolds. Needless to say, spoilers ahead. Maxim de Winter In the film, the male romantic lead is played by Armie Hammer, who’s extremely handsome in a standard-issue hunk kind of a way, which is very different from how the narrator describes Maxim in the book: “He belonge

Stars Defend Chris Pratt After Responses to Viral Post Saying He 'Has to Go' Getty Robert Downey Jr. tells anyone with Pratt criticism to delete their accounts. Chris Pratt  was trending for all the wrong reasons this week, after Twitter once again decided which Hollywood Chris should get the boot. But a few of his famous friends have his back. TV producer Amy Berg posed the oft-asked question over the weekend, sharing pictures of  Chris Hemsworth ,  Chris Pratt ,  Chris Pine  and  Chris Evans  alongside the prompt, "One has to go." The answers were overwhelmingly skewed toward Pratt, with Berg eventually swapping him out for Chris O'Dowd to make it "harder" for her followers. The poll resurfaced chatter about Pratt's past attending Hillsong Church -- which has been  accused of homophobia , claims  Pratt has denied  -- and assumptions about his political beliefs. The talk got to his fellow Marvel buddy  Mark Ruffalo , who tweeted about some of the ba