His agent just died, again, having someone link to that.
Looks like civilization finally caught up with us.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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erikaj - Dec 15, 2009 9:48:33 am PST #5625 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 9:50:36 am PST #5626 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It totally doesn't surprise me that Viggo isn't working for the paycheque. I have no idea how to find what I read about him skating close to the bone after LotR, but his pickiness being the cause would be in character.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 9:52:02 am PST #5627 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have no idea how to find what I read about him skating close to the bone after LotR
The quote I found said he was running out of money when he took Hidalgo.
beekaytee - Dec 15, 2009 9:55:30 am PST #5628 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I suppose buying horses for deserving stunt doubles and helping the disadvantaged and funding your own publishing company can do that. Bless him.
I'm imagining (and it's totally my imagination) though that Viggo's 'broke' was a bit like how MC Hammer described his broke. As in, not like mine.
erikaj - Dec 15, 2009 9:57:46 am PST #5629 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I would think, yeah. Maybe his brother won't get the calf implants this year, but...
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 10:02:23 am PST #5630 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd hardly equate Viggo and MC Hammer on many planes. While I think their brokes and mine differ, I think, MC Hammer filed for bankruptcy to stop people trying to collect money from him. He wasn't really broke. I think he was always generating income. If Viggo says he wasn't making money, I can buy that. He seems a down to earth sort of a guy. How long before he would start filing unemployment? Well, not like they like actors to do that anyway, Colin tells me.
Tom Scola - Dec 15, 2009 10:31:09 am PST #5631 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 10:33:08 am PST #5632 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why Avatar will suck and everyone will see it anyway.
I'm not knocking down anyone's doors to see it, but the argument that it will suck because Transformers 2 was effects-laden and sucked is more than a bit specious.
Does the backlash backlash have a proper backlash yet?
sumi - Dec 15, 2009 10:33:17 am PST #5633 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Just the theatrical versions.
Beverly - Dec 15, 2009 10:56:13 am PST #5634 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Harking slightly back,
Mmm, Nasir.
Ryan has done pretty well for himself as stunt coordinator, and swordsmaster for films like First Knight. Without Nasir, I very much doubt we'd have had Azeem, and truthfully Freeman and his character were what saved that movie, for me. Barely. Actually, cast anybody else in the Robin role (Kline, if you must have a Kevin. sorry, kneejerk) and it would have been a good movie.
Mantle did some features, White Hunter, Black Heart with Eastwood and Aliens 3, and lots of Brit series work. Grace and Addie did character work as they wished, although Addie in Excalibur will always overshadow his Gisburne for me. The real star of RoS though, of course, has to be Winstone. A long, steady career, studded with memorable roles.
The RoS, it always makes me smile. Plus I get bonus lovely images of Praed and Bloom in archer-fu.