Beyond all that, what draws the pair to Dumas is what they call his “romanesque” quality, a word that has no straightforward ...

One look at Guy Pearce's filmography and it's clear ... into a studio leading man with projects like 2002's "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Time Machine." The latter film, loosely based ...

ultimately becoming the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. Hollywood has always been fond of this property with several iterations including the 2002 film starring Guy Pearce and Jim Caviezel.

The Count of Monte Cristo even made his presence felt in an episode of The Simpsons. But a new screen adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ 1846 tale of a man who seeks his revenge after being falsely ...