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Subject: Who would you choose to play RN? Author: jab [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:25:58 07/09/01 Mon Hello all - It would be interesting to hear who you would have play Robert Newton if a tv/movie biography were being done. My first choice would have been Walter Matthau, but sticking to the younger (and more alive) actors, I think Michael Richards would do an excellent job. Although he has been primarily comical in his protrayals of late, he could definitely pull it off. He has the look, too... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Good question! Author: Susan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:11:13 07/10/01 Tue A biopic on Robert Newton would be interesting, to say the least! Casting the right actor would really be tough! If only Keith Moon were still with us--I'm sure it would've been his dream movie role; he spent his life rehearsing for it! Alas, Matthau's no longer with us either. I'm not sure he had the right look, but he proved he had the requisite "arrrr" in Roman Polanski's 1986 dud, <i>Pirates</i>. (Hmm, I can't remember it that well now ... could you consider that performance a bonafide Newton impersonation?) Michael Richards ... Do you think he can do the eyeroll? His own personality's seems so strong, I wonder if he could keep it from interfering with his portrayal. From what I've seen of him, he strikes me as more of a comedian than an actor. A couple of actors I always thought *looked* a whole lot like RN are Leo Genn and Milo O'Shea. Ironically, Genn and Newton appeared together in <i>Henry V</i>. (I first noticed the resemblance when he played Starbuck in <i>Moby Dick</i>.) However, he might be a little too staid for the role! On the other hand, I think Milo O'Shea has the right twinkle and presence (and eyebrows!) to capture Bob's personality. I loved him as Friar Lawrence in Zeffirelli's <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>. Interestingly, my father, who's a James Joyce buff, sees Robert Newton playing Leopold Bloom in Joyce's magnum opus, <i>Ulysses</i>--while Milo O'Shea really *did* play him in the film version. Unfortunately, Leo Genn's no longer with us (he was only two months younger than Bobbie, in fact), and Milo O'Shea has now outlived Bobbie by 25 years ... I can't think of any others right now. But it's interesting to hear who other people perceive as being right for the part! I think it'd be really difficult to cast the part without committing blasphemy! I had real reservations about the thought of Martin Landau (whom I always saw as the wooden Commander Koenig from <i>Space: 1999</i>) playing one of my other all-time heroes, Bela Lugosi, but he really surprised me! He deserved that Oscar! Now Newton on the other hand ... that'd be a *real* stretch for him! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]