The movie She’s the Man was influenced directly by the play Twelfth Night. It is not supposed to be an exact adaptation of the play, so there are many differences in the two versions. However, the overall plot is almost exactly the same. In the play, Orsino, the Duke of Illyria is in love with Olivia who does not love him back. In the movie, Duke Orsino has a crush on Olivia who is not interested in him at all. In the play, Viola comes in dressed up as Cesario to work for Orsino, and ends up falling in love with him. Unfortunately, he has Cesario help deliver his love letters to Olivia. In the movie, Viola goes to Illyria disguised as her twin brother Sebastian, and she starts to fall for her roommate Duke. Sebastian ends up having to help Duke try and win over Olivia. In the play, Olivia falls for Cesario, and in the movie, Olivia falls for Sebastian. The real Sebastian enters the scene and Olivia takes him to marry her. The real Sebastian enters the movie, and Olivia kisses him. All of the miscommunication is resolved when everyone is at the same place at the same time. Viola shows who she really is (no longer Cesario or Sebastian), and Orsino decides to marry her. In the movie, Duke decides to ask her out. The movie puts a modern twist on the story, uses the names of characters and places, and removes the element of homosexuality. Orsino seemed extremely interested in Cesario as a boy, which was not the case at all for Duke and Sebastian in the movie. The most important element that the movie is missing is including the characters Maria and Feste. There is also no practical joke played on the Malvolio character by Andrew or Toby. This was an important part of the play, but it did not have a role in the film.
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