Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
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I remember lots of girls swooning over Langella in the movie. I liked him, and especially his wonderful deep voice, but not one of my big crushes.
That particular film Dracula was based on the stage play with the Gorey sets from the 70s, with Langella as the lead. I saw it on Broadway with Raul Julia as Dracula and he was awesome.
I saw it on Broadway with Raul Julia as Dracula and he was awesome
head explodes
Wow. That would have been fabulous.
Wow. That would have been fabulous.
The first act ends with Dracula sweeping in through the giant French doors and scooping her up in his arms and the lights go black and there was an audible gasp from the womenfolk of sheer, carnal desire.
It was my first Broadway show.
The first act ends with Dracula sweeping in through the giant French doors and scooping her up in his arms and the lights go black and there was an audible gasp from the womenfolk of sheer, carnal desire.
Well ... yeah.
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Raul Julia, so wonderful. The BF worked with him at the NY Shakespeare festival and had nothing but good to say about him.
A little H-wood gossip: A friend had a job interview for a tech position with Christopher Guest and Guest asked him if he got along with actors. He said "I worked with your wife, you can ask her." At this point Guest (who is a pretty serious and shy guy IRL) smiled and said "Well, she gets along with everyone." Nice to hear him bragging on Jamie Lee like that.
I saw Raul Julia in a revival of Man of La Mancha about a year before he died. He was pretty awesome. So magnetic.
Robin's gossip gives me a chance to namedrop - I have had two nice celeb-sighting/encounters with Christopher Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis over the years. Sat a couple rows in front of them at a Shawn Colvin concert at the Wiltern, and was at the same climbing gym in Santa Monica when they brought the kids in to climb. Guest just hung out, but Jamie Lee climbed.
Although I like the X3 casting of Beast, he's going to be old enough to be Angel's father. Which isn't quite right.
Although I like the X3 casting of Beast, he's going to be old enough to be Angel's father. Which isn't quite right.
Have they said that Kelsey would actually physically play the role, cause I could see them trying to CGI Beast. It's still going to be weird hearing Sideshow Bob's voice in an X-Men movie (if advance word doesn't put me off it completely).
It's Langella's voice that really makes that particular Dracula so, so sexy. Well, the tall, and the looming, and the eyes.. and the voice, yeah. So I can imagine Raul Julia quite well in the same version. Trivia: Kate Nelligan was 'Mina in the Langella version.