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Post by lilly on Jun 18, 2009 5:34:12 GMT
I can only refer you to my own response in the relevant thread here. If you haven't seen Born Romantic, I definitely recommend you check it out...not in the least because hoohlordy, can that boy ever move his big white tuchis when he's so inclined. *fans self* Jimi Mistry and Craig Ferguson are pretty damned adorable in it too, and given the character Jane Horrocks plays, you'd think I would have resented the heck outta her, but I was frankly too busy thinking how invariably made of win she is.  |
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Post by victoriao on Aug 31, 2009 14:49:15 GMT
Returning to Mr Headstone, here's that hit-by-a-brick moment....  |
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Post by kitty11 on Sept 1, 2009 12:19:52 GMT
Returning to Mr Headstone, here's that hit-by-a-brick moment.... LOL, thanks for posting that pic. It does capture quite a gorgeous moment  At the same time, there is a bitter part of me that, being Australian, would rather describe that moment as being 'hit-by-a-cricket-ball', in light of us losing the Ashes series last week (damn me for being infatuated with an Englishman during an Ashes year!)  kitty  |
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Post by victoriao on Sept 4, 2009 20:05:20 GMT
I agree - Burn Gorman was fantastic in Bleak House  I loved his performance but I also loved the fact that physically he was so perfect for the part - he was like a Phiz illustration come to life. Being someone who specialises in Victorian things I always like to see people who look as though they've stepped straight out of the 19th century, and Mr Gorman - at least in that role - certainly does. (I haven't seen him in anything else - though he was in Torchwood for a while wasn't he?) In a similar vein, one of my colleagues is a slender, red-headed young man who looks exactly like a model in a Pre-Raphaelite painting. I can't tell you how much that brightens my working day |
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Post by lilly on Sept 5, 2009 8:47:19 GMT
At the same time, there is a bitter part of me that, being Australian, would rather describe that moment as being 'hit-by-a-cricket-ball', in light of us losing the Ashes series last week (damn me for being infatuated with an Englishman during an Ashes year!) Hey, hon, I'm just glad your Ashes-angst-derived moratorium is finally over and you're posting again! *gigantic sigh of relief* I agree - Burn Gorman was fantastic in Bleak House I loved his performance but I also loved the fact that physically he was so perfect for the part - he was like a Phiz illustration come to life. Oh, man...don't get me started! I don't even have the words, though you've put it perfectly. I loved finding out that he apparently won some sort of "Scene Stealer of the Year" award for that, because his performance was what vaulted my enjoyment of that series into stratospheric levels (though of course Andrew Davies definitely should get his props there too, despite my resentment of how his capacity for so brilliantly telescoping plots has made it that much more difficult for me to sit through other screenwriters' far more turgid adaptations). Seasons 1 and 2, yes. (I won't say anything else to spoiler you, but, erm, yeah...'Exit Wounds' was by no means my favourite episode.) He was also in the recent adaptation of Wuthering Heights, but just in the fairly minor role of Hindley, and I only caught part of it; that night as I channel-flipped by, I let out a shriek and went, "Ohmigod, I would know those big brown eyes and that sneer anywhere!" And then went into massive *facepalm* mode because ya know, if you enjoy an actor's work, you should really check out his IMDb entry now and then. *rolls eyes at self* Awwww...now, have you happened to note this resemblance to said young Pre-Raphaelite? Or is it more fun to make him wonder why you look at him that way?  |
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Post by victoriao on Sept 6, 2009 18:19:08 GMT
Nope, I haven't let on. Wouldn't like to alarm the poor boy |
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Post by victoriao on Sept 6, 2009 18:35:49 GMT
Or to quote the psychiatrist in Bringing Up Baby, 'the love impulse in men frequently reveals itself in terms of conflict' It puts a rather different complexion on all that intense candlelit staring over the head of Lizzie's unpleasant little brother (I love the way Wrayburn and Headstone face off in that scene) and also possibly on one of the stills over on the OMF picture thread ( Hit by a Brick II: Return of the Stunned Mullet). I also have to say that although I'm not usually a slashy kinda gal, I found myself pondering this question during a spell of thesis-anxiety-induced insomnia the other night and I can't deny that there's something rather piquant about louche, jaded man of the world meets buttoned-up (but passionate) schoolmaster |
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Post by victoriao on Sept 7, 2009 21:07:17 GMT
Food for thought: according to Wikipedia (so it must be true ) Mr Morrissey originally wanted to play not Headstone, but Eugene Wrayburn. Interesting to think what he would have made of the role... |
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Post by lilly on Sept 8, 2009 6:46:30 GMT
I also have to say that although I'm not usually a slashy kinda gal, I found myself pondering this question during a spell of thesis-anxiety-induced insomnia the other night and I can't deny that there's something rather piquant about louche, jaded man of the world meets buttoned-up (but passionate) schoolmaster Don't worry--spend enough time around kitty and myself, and you too will see rampant amounts of !HoYay! in virtually any given scenario. ;D Aw, c'mon, alarming them is half the fun! (So sez the gal who's gotten a huge complex about the word, "intimidating" because of how often it's been applied to herself.) Much like I can't imagine anyone else playing Jackson Lake, I really can't imagine anyone other than Paul McGann playing Wrayburn, though. To be brutally honest, I think his looks lend themselves to a traditional romantic hero more so than Mr. Morrissey's...though it's no contest which of them I would rather snog senseless, of course. BTW, Burn Gorman was also in Layer Cake, which I watched the other night and about which I was largely meh...because all-too-typically, I kept thinking of another Daniel Craig vehicle I would have infinitely preferred to have been watching instead.  |
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Post by kitty11 on Sept 8, 2009 11:53:26 GMT
Hmmmmm...I dunno what to think about DM being Eugene. It could work, but yeah, the aesthetic would be a bit off, IMO. Don't worry--spend enough time around kitty and myself, and you too will see rampant amounts of !HoYay! in virtually any given scenario. ;D Given that my 'moment of enlightenment' was triggered (vicariously) through State of Play slash fic between Cal and Stephen, erm, yeah, I've got no objection at all whatsoever to such intimations Aw, I was tossing up the idea of hiring that, but went Reservoir Dogs instead  kitty |
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Post by marianne on Apr 4, 2011 9:39:11 GMT
I bought this DVD recently. While I was watching the proposal scene, I found myself thinking- "damn, DM would make a brilliant, even definitive, Mr Darcy"! Headstone's proposal was even reminiscent of Darcy's insulting/passionate proposal to Lizzie(!). I've seen several Pride and Prejudice adaptations, and Colin Firth comes closest to my Darcy. Yet there were several scenes where he did not match my imaginings, and the proposal was one of them. I saw all the repressed passion that I desired in Headstone's proposal. "You can draw me to fire, you can draw me to the gallows, you can draw me to the deepest disgrace."  A girl can easily overlook a little lunacy to hear those words! ;D |
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Post by lilly on Jul 1, 2011 7:20:06 GMT
I saw all the repressed passion that I desired in Headstone's proposal. "You can draw me to fire, you can draw me to the gallows, you can draw me to the deepest disgrace." Whereas I know what it's like to feel that way about someone, and I have to say that it's by no means a pleasant experience. So what did you think of Matthew Macfadyen's Darcy, as opposed to Colin Firth's? I frankly felt sorry for him having to take on such an iconic role that's so closely identified with one actor, but all in all, I liked his Darcy almost as well as Firth's "definitive" portrayal. But speaking of the proposal scene, I just posted this clip of it at my Tumblr account after finding out one of my friends there had never seen it; for any of you noobs who haven't seen Our Mutual Friend yet, please check that out, as hopefully it will whet your appetite for watching the entire series. Along with Ripley Holden, I think Bradley Headstone is one of Mr. Morrissey's greatest performances. The pain, anguish and frustration he's feeling in that scene is so palpable that I know at least one person who has told me that it's so painful that she can never watch that scene again. (Needless to say, I can, though--to marvel at Mr M's astounding capacity for conveying inner torment and borderline madness, just for starters.) BTW, that clip somewhat truncates the proposal scene, so the remainder of it can be seen here--many apologies for the crappy visual quality. |
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Post by marianne on Jul 4, 2011 9:22:02 GMT
So what did you think of Matthew Macfadyen's Darcy, as opposed to Colin Firth's? I found it too "soft". I wanted my haughty imperious Darcy! The script is partly to blame. Many characters were different from how they were in the books. Lizzie came across as a rebellious teenager instead of the self assured young woman that I love. Gentle Jane sounded positively cold and jaded in at least one scene. The Bennetts looked liked a rather happy if mismatched coulple. The dialogue was "dumbed" down so not to tax the comprehension of modern viewers, stripping the lines of their nuance and subtlety. Lizzie and Darcy's exchange by the piano comes particularly to mind. The verbal exchanges between Lizzie and Darcy are some of the best things about the book, and it really bugs me when any of their scenes are omitted or changed!  I have complaints about the Firth series too, but I think they preserved the essence of the characters/relationships better. I found his performance in Our Mutual Friend a little too jaw- clenchingly "intense" at times, but that proposal scene is incredible. I have to see the series again to see if my opinion changes. What I find astounding about Mr M is his ability to make you feel so many emotions for his characters than just simple like or dislike. The exception is Colonel Brandon, for whom I feel only pure unadulterated love. ;D |
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I loved his performance but I also loved the fact that physically he was so perfect for the part - he was like a Phiz illustration come to life. Being someone who specialises in Victorian things I always like to see people who look as though they've stepped straight out of the 19th century, and Mr Gorman - at least in that role - certainly does. (I haven't seen him in anything else - though he was in Torchwood for a while wasn't he?) In a similar vein, one of my colleagues is a slender, red-headed young man who looks exactly like a model in a Pre-Raphaelite painting. I can't tell you how much that brightens my working day 
