Cyril to school in Germany, and she may need back surgery. He tells her he has always loved her, and that he did not know himself in the beginning. She tells him she does not want a divorce. The children love him and he is welcome to visit as long as he never sees Douglas again. Loyal friend Ada Leverson meets Wilde when he is released from prison in May 1897, carrying the manuscript of De Profundis. He goes straight into exile, to continental Europe. He puts flowers on Constance's grave. Since she died (in April 1898) he is no longer allowed to see his children. He eventually meets with Douglas. A printed epilogue notes that they parted after three months and describes Wilde's death in Paris in November 1900 at age 46 and the fates of Bosie and Ross. Portions of the beloved Wilde story The Selfish Giant are woven throughout the film, beginning when Wilde tells the story to his children, then as Constance reads the book to them and so on until Wilde almost finishes the story in a voice-over as the film nears its end. Cast Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde Jude Law as Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas Vanessa Redgrave as Jane Francesca Agnes "Speranza", Lady Wilde Jennifer Ehle as Constance Lloyd Wilde Gemma Jones as Sibyl Douglas, Marchioness of Queensberry Judy Parfitt as Lady Mount-Temple Michael Sheen as Robbie Ross Zoë Wanamaker as Ada Leverson Tom Wilkinson as John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry Ioan Gruffudd as John Gray Benedict Sandiford as Alfred Wood Mark Letheren as Charles Parker Albert Welling as Arthur Orlando Bloom as Rentboy Production notes In a featurette on the film's DVD release, producer Marc Samuelson confesses casting Stephen Fry in the title role was both a blessing and a problem. Everyone agreed he was physically perfect for the part and more than capable of carrying it off, but the fact he was not a major presence in films made it difficult for them to obtain financing for the project. In the DVD commentary, Fry, who is gay, admitted he was nervous about the love scenes with his heterosexual co-stars. He says Jude Law, Michael Sheen and Ioan Gruffudd were quick to put him at ease. Scenes were filmed at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire; Lulworth Cove, Studland Bay, and Swanage Pier in Dorset; Houghton Lodge in Hampshire; Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire;