Damian Lewis?
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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Scrappy - Dec 03, 2008 12:21:31 pm PST #8884 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Strega - Dec 03, 2008 12:25:12 pm PST #8885 of 10000
I think casting Lucy Lawless as a British doctor in the 17th century might take the movie less of an adventure romp and more of a science fiction piece.
Barb - Dec 03, 2008 12:40:00 pm PST #8886 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Christian Bale?
ETA: Gerard Butler?
Typo Boy - Dec 03, 2008 12:41:33 pm PST #8887 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
think casting Lucy Lawless as a British doctor in the 17th century might take the movie less of an adventure romp and more of a science fiction piece.
She doesn't have to be a doctor. Doctors daughter?
Strega - Dec 03, 2008 1:10:19 pm PST #8888 of 10000
A doctor's daughter who is convicted of treason and transported for treating survivors of the Monmouth Rebellion. And who eventually redeems herself as a privateer and is made the Governor of Port Royal.
I still think it's a tough sell.
DavidS - Dec 03, 2008 1:13:04 pm PST #8889 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I still think it's a tough sell.
Better to just go make a movie about La Maupin.
Swordfighting, crossdressing and opera. Plus convents.
Typo Boy - Dec 03, 2008 1:18:07 pm PST #8890 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
A doctor's daughter who is convicted of treason and transported for treating survivors of the Monmouth Rebellion.
So far not less plausible than the original CB.
And who eventually redeems herself as a privateer and is made the Governor of Port Royal.
You don't have to stick that closely to the original story. Think of a happy fate that is somewhat plausible. Maybe her opponent ends up tongueless and paralyzed and is appointed governor. She is married to him, props him up in an attic, rules in his name and keeps her true love as a lover. I'll bet someone who spends more than 30 seconds I spared it can come up with something better.
SailAweigh - Dec 03, 2008 1:39:24 pm PST #8891 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Gerard Butler feels too bulky for me. I think someone with the profile of Rodrigo Santoro would suit the part better. Light on his feet and with the sardonic good looks necessary for a pirate.
Barb - Dec 03, 2008 1:41:57 pm PST #8892 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
I think someone with the profile of Rodrigo Santoro would suit the part better. Light on his feet and with the sardonic good looks necessary for a pirate.
Rodrigo...
::thuds::
Volans - Dec 03, 2008 3:05:15 pm PST #8893 of 10000
move out and draw fire
James MacAvoy?
We just watched about 65 pirate movies, and one was a Captain Blood that I believe pre-dated the Flynn one. Not sure the actor's name, but he resembled Betty Crocker for most of the movie.
ETA: J. Warren Kerrigan, and the movie was from 1924.
Make Captain Blood a woman, and Lucy Lawless could totally play her
This would be my Traveller character, Madame Blood. Except she was played by Jane Seymour in my head.
Hmm...I will have to ponder this. The fact that my son calls himself Captain Blug when dressed as a pirate is causing some cognitive casting problems.