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Susan
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Date Posted: 04:04:04 04/10/06 Mon
In reply to:
Dan
's message, "Re: NG Blackbeard adaptation" on 18:13:59 04/05/06 Wed
There was a time I'd have said Alan Rickman would be perfect for the part (in fact, I see many similarities between the personalities of Blackbeard and Rasputin, who Rickman portrayed so memorably in that HBO movie a few years back). Alas, however (dare I say it?), I think he's even looking a bit, uh (how can I put this delicately?) "distinguished" lately to play Snape in the Harry Potter movies--the character's only supposed to be in his 30s, and Alan's just turned 60 ... *NOT*, let me emphasize just in case anybody who makes HP casting decisions is listening, that I think the part should be recast; au contraire: he's *the* reason I go to see the Harry Potter movies in the first place! (Well, him and now Tim Spall and Ralph Fiennes and, uh ... what's the topic again??)
Anyway, there's only one young actor I can think of on the scene today with the versatility, talent, and full-on charisma to portray Blackbeard; in fact, I've mentioned on another forum that I think he'd be perfect for the part, and several people heartily concurred he'd make a great pirate: Michael Sheen. He did a perfect caricature of an outrageous (yet endearing) punk rocker in "Laws of Attraction," while many people find his charismatic portrayal of arch-vampire Lucien in "Underworld" to be the most memorable performance in the film. He also got rave reviews for his unbridled stage performance as Caligula. (How I wish I could have seen that!) What do you think? Anybody else here familiar with Michael Sheen's work?
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