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Well, Scott was definitely Scrooge and I was thinking Hurt was maybe Scrooge in the Muppet Christmas Carol or something like that.
Oh yeah. I now recall Scott's Scrooge. Hurt hasn't played it though, as far as I know. The one I'm thinking of is another 19th C British lit character.
Ian McKellen and James McAvoy
Richard III?
I jest.
Ian McKellen and James McAvoy
Macbeth?
Macbeth?
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The one I'm thinking of is another 19th C British lit character.
Rochester?
Heathcliff, innit?
Yes, it was! Wasn't it? Fiennes played Heathcliff in the 1992 film.
Oh! Right! Don't they also share Zeus now?
Macbeth?
Yep! McKellen on stage and McAvoy in that modern reworking that's like Shakespeare crossed with Top Chef.
Rochester?
You got it. The William Hurt/Charlotte Gainsbourg version is *terrible*. Whoever heard of a blond Rochester anyway? I'm very partial to the newest BBC adaptation with Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens, although my fave still remains the mini from early '80's with Timothy Dalton as Rochester.
They did film the McKellen/Dench Macbeth for the BBC--it's very good.
When did Fiennes play Zeus, juliana?
I'm very partial to the newest BBC adaptation with Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens
Oh, so good. I loved that one.