Successfully playing one of Shakespeare's most complex roles on stage or screen has been the aspiration of many actors. William Shakespeare's Hamlet has been the focus of various accounts throughout the 20th century, each actor attempting to bring something unique and unmarked to the central character. Franco Zeffirelli and Kenneth Branagh, both directors, introduce different levels of success to the screen through real differences in ways of translation and original ideas. Zeffirelli's much shorter interpretation of the film is able to convey the importance of Hamlet as a masterpiece by using modern approaches to the film but still capturing the traditional work behind Shakespeare's famous play. Zeffirelli's 1990 production "Hamlet" focuses on the most widespread and dominant audience. , who have high expectations and respect for actors like Mel Gibson. The film takes on a typical action film role, very rugged and physical in all aspects. Zeffirelli evokes a new type of character for Hamlet that maintains the sensitive side that emerges in Shakespeare's play, but adds variations to the character without ever making him weak. Gibson's very active display of emotions is visible throughout the entire production, but is never overdone. Noel Sloboda is intrigued by Zeffirelli's focus on a younger, more mainstream audience and, for this reason, argues that actors like Mel Gibson were the main target of the remake. By adding new dialogue and variations to scenes, Zeffirelli's version of Hamlet is modernized and differs greatly from that of Branagh's longer version, but maintains the relevance of the original plays. The location of the film created the whole atmosphere of the plot. This large castle, out of the center of the card, is central to the plot. Although Branagh's version of Hamlet parallels Shakespeare's masterpiece, mainly by keeping the text very similar, it almost recovers the importance of the original play through changing eras and adding modernized extras. Zifferelli is able to show his audience a completely new dynamic in the interpretation of a classical masterpiece. By focusing on casting well-known actors and including extras that appeal to viewers in the moment, but don't overwhelm, it is able to reach a wider range of fans and critics without drawing attention away from the main focus; the plot. The battle between staying true to the original work and altering a classic masterpiece to appeal to today's audiences is an ongoing dilemma that many directors are bound to face when attempting to remake a work as timeless as Shakespeare's Hamlet..