Film Adaptation
The 2006 film adaptation of the graphic novel starred Hugo Weaving as V.
In the film, V is a freedom fighter rather than an anarchist terrorist. He is disfigured (a result of burns) instead of being described as being ugly. His abilities are a result of biological weapons experiments instead of hormonal experiments. He claims to have lost all memory of his past, completing his transformation into the "everyman" he claims to be in the comic. At the end of the film, he says that he has fallen in love with Evey.
There are several plot deviations. In the film, he only bombs the Old Bailey and Houses of Parliament buildings and not the Jordan Tower, Post Office and 10 Downing St buildings. It is Peter Creedy who confronts V at the end, instead of Eric Finch. Creedy shoots Sutler (Adam Susan in the graphic novel), but V refuses to take off his mask. Creedy and his men shoot V. V wore a breastplate to deflect the bullets but was still mortally wounded. He however manages to kill Creedy and his men. He dies in Evey's arms. Evey gives him a Viking funeral, as in the graphic novel. Finch then confronts Evey, but puts down his weapon after giving in to his hatred of the corruption of the Norsefire regime and joins Evey as they watch V's bomb destroy the Houses of Parliament.
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