#after he sees beatrice's guilty reaction at him telling her that he challenged claudio to the duel

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--> your eat his heart on the marketplace note. Totally, it's so good and poignant in the Josie Rourke production and with DT's CT's acting choices! And to think that majority of the reviews for it, which I googled before watching for the first time, gave this production its due for entertainment factor but called it too slight and frothy

trulyyyyy. i think my favorite version of the "eat his heart in the marketplace" scene as a whole is actually the 2019 version w/ danielle brooks (it's more tonally consistent and serious and danielle's line delivery is so everything), but catherine's was the first version of it i watched and i was SO blown away by it like i rly fell in love w catherine as an actress right there <333 and god i could go on and on and on about how well the 2011 version portrays benedick in that scene too, like i really love how it's made crystal clear that he recognizes what's wrong and is willing to stand up for hero even without beatrice's urging - he already knows to defend her, but she needs to push him to actively stand up to don pedro and claudio (not my observation, but benedick starts to move to interrupt claudio's outburst at the wedding multiple times and is stopped by don pedro and UGHHH. it makes his challenge to claudio and resignation from don pedro's service hit so fucking hardddd) . like this is why i love the 2011 much ado so much it's not just that it's so accessible and easy to understand and funny, it's that there is so much thought being put into the details and the characterization and you will notice small things like that upon multiple rewatches