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The Bard meets Miley Cyrus – the best of 15 Second Shakespeare

Forget the Rugby World Cup, the great Bard was trending this weekend

The internet went into meltdown this weekend as a game started by actor David Fynn went viral and started trending worldwide.

Kicking off the shenanigans, Fynn posted:

A video posted by David Fynn (@davidfynnn) on

This was picked up and promoted by casting director Amy Hubbard, who claimed she had 'cast a role that shoots Monday via #15secondshakespeare'.

— Amy Hubbard (@amyhubcast) September 19, 2015

Then, as with all great internet games (see Grumpy Cat, Harlem Shake, Ice Bucket Challenge), things kind of spiralled. Here's some of our favourite efforts:

Nathan 'Miley Cyrus' Amzi

— Nathan Amzi (@theamzi) September 19, 2015


Mark 'Psy' Bonnar

— Mark Bonnar (@mark_bonnar) September 20, 2015


Amy 'Gipsy King' Booth-Steel

— Amy Booth-Steel (@AmyBoothSteel) September 18, 2015


Katie 'Carly Rae Jepsen' Bernstein

— Katie Bernstein (@KatieBernstein) September 19, 2015


Caroline 'Bangles' Sheen

— Caroline Sheen (@SheenCaroline) September 19, 2015


Sirs Carrie and Emma Mix-A-Lot

— Emma Kingston (@emkingston) September 19, 2015


Michael 'Shaggy' Shaeffer

— Michael Shaeffer (@MPShaeffer) September 19, 2015


Hadley 'Hotstepper' Fraser

— Hadley Fraser (@hadleyfraser) September 19, 2015


Louise 'SIA' Dearman

— Louise Dearman (@LouiseDearman) September 20, 2015


Andy 'S Club' Nyman

— Andy Nyman (@andynyman) September 20, 2015


Michael 'Prince' Xavier

— Michael Xavier (@michaelxavierUK) September 20, 2015


Simon 'Ramsey Street' Bailey

— Simon Bailey (@SimonBailey1210) September 20, 2015


Cynthia 'Queen Bey' Erivo

— Cynthia Erivo (@CynthiaEriVo) September 20, 2015


Anna-Jayne 'Shady' Casey

— Anna-Jane Casey (@AnnaJaneCasey) September 20, 2015


Scott 'Baha' Garnham

— Scott Garnham (@scottgarnham) September 20, 2015


Jason 'Jessie J' Watkins

— Jason Watkins (@Jason__Watkins) September 20, 2015


Harriet 'Billionaire' Thorpe

— Harriet Thorpe (@harriet_thorpe) September 20, 2015


Amanda 'Happy' Abbington

— amanda abbington (@CHIMPSINSOCKS) September 20, 2015


Edd 'Meghan Trainor' Post

— Edd Post (@eddpost) September 21, 2015


Matt 'Nae Nae' Evers

— Matt Evers (@TheMattEvers) September 20, 2015


Okorie 'Kung Fu' Chukwu

— Okorie Chukwu (@okorie_chukwu) September 20, 2015


Jenna 'Pulp' Russell

— Jenna Russell (@jennarusselluk) September 20, 2015


Kane Oliver '500 Miles' Parry

— Kane Oliver Parry (@kaneoliverparry) September 19, 2015


Minnie 'Gold Digger' Driver

— Minnie Driver (@driverminnie) September 19, 2015


Ilan 'Beautiful' Goodman

— Ilan Goodman (@ilangoodman) September 20, 2015


And, me

— Ben Hewis (@benhewis) September 20, 2015