He didn't resist temptation. He pursued it.
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Johnny Depp
Rochester
Samantha Morton
Elizabeth Barry
John Malkovich
Charles II
Rosamund Pike
Elizabeth Malet
Paul Ritter
Chiffinch
Stanley Townsend
Keown
Francesca Annis
Countess
Tom Hollander
Etherege
Johnny Vegas
Sackville
Richard Coyle
Alcock
Tom Burke
Vaughan
Hugh Sachs
Ratcliffe
On the Edge
Life in a Year
Love & Friendship
Moulin Rouge!
The Edge of Love
When Nietzsche Wept
A Journal for Jordan
Restoration
As Good as It Gets
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Little Ashes
The Man from Elysian Fields
In the Land of Women
Breathe
Great Expectations
My Oxford Year
Shadows in the Sun
Jude
The Portrait of a Lady
Total Eclipse