#while mrs danvers resents maxim for impetuously remarrying and moving on while she wants to keep things the way they were

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#i'm sorry op WHAT #his ex wife???? #the drama in this man's life

yeah! it was 17 years after they divorced because Jeremy left her for a man. it seems they were generally amicable, but they were feuding and ignored each other for the entirety of filming because she was angry that he irresponsibly bought their 18 year old son a motorbike (according to their son's memoir)

considering the plot of Rebecca, that could only have added to the tension between those characters

the fact that Jeremy Brett played both Dorian Gray and Basil Howard AND both John Watson and Sherlock Holmes throughout his career. he has the range.