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Lady Chatterly's Lover 2022

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (And former Lovers of 1993 and 2015) It's a tale of Lords, Ladies and Lovers, but I'll be focusing on the lovers. Well face it Mellors is the lynchpin to the whole story, even more so the film. When a lady finds she has the wrong husband getting the right lover is absolutely essential.  Lover 1. Sean Bean is well cast as Mellors in the 1993 TV Series dr. Ken Russell. A native of Yorkshire with an accent that runs through him like coal runs through the country. Solitary, surly, he swaggers and sneers but turns out Mellors is a hard man with a heart. Sean Bean has the face for it, all chiselled angles and piercing blue eyes that could skin you like a rabbit. Undeniably attractive (Personally I like a good strong jaw) in a rugged, rough around the edges sort of way. He is clearly excellent lover material  Lover 2. Richard Madden in the 2015 film dr. Jed Mercurio. He fits the look, (in the book Mellors has facial hair) is sullen, brooding, boorish if not plain rude but lacks