His first-century-before-Christ Rome gives Brutus ( Jamey Sheridan ), still waffling over his decision to kill Caesar, the use of a telescope, a clever echo of Cassius'cagy nudge : " The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves ."
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Thereafter he avoided large roles, though he remained active in a series of small roles and cameos in films as diverse as " Shining Through " ( 1992, as a cagy British diplomat ), " Shine " ( 1996, as a subtle English piano tutor ) and " Elizabeth " ( 1998, as a conspiratorial pope ).
