After a week and a half abstaining, I had a lovely comment bts today from Michele that motivated me to go back to blogging. I dropped out last week because I first needed some time to finally get the custom RAPS done that had been bought at the RA birthday auction – and then I had a visit from Hariclea over the weekend. Hari and I had tickets for Yael Farber’s Hamlet again, but we mutually decided to give it a miss. I think I have done my Hamlet duties this year… Instead we actually went to the cinema for a live transmission of La Fanciulla from the Met Opera. Jonas Kaufmann was singing the male lead – and even though I am not a massive opera fan myself, I have to say that this opera was absolutely stunning. Four hours in the cinema – and I wasn’t bored for even a second. Fabulous.
Another event followed on Sunday. Author Deborah Harkness was in Dublin for the annual Bram Stoker Festival. I read Harkness’ All Souls trilogy a few years ago – and actually never was a massive fan of it. The books were well written and entertaining, but the vampire genre is just not for me. I most probably would not have read the books if there hadn’t been a large faction of the fandom who had actively promoted RA as a candidate for the role of Matthew Clairmont, the male lead character of the novels. As it was, he really fitted the description of Matthew – tall, broad-shouldered, dark hair, pale skin. And the visuals definitely added to my enjoyment of the books. In any case, I was curious to meet the author in the flesh, so when fellow fan Snowyjo pointed out that Harkness was coming to Dublin, I immediately bought tickets.
Not least also because the event was held in the Chapel Royal of Dublin Castle. I used to pop into the castle chapel every time I was taking visitors around Dublin Castle, but lately the chapel has been closed – at least for sightseeing. The event was not fully booked out, and even though we were only half way down the waiting line before entering the chapel, we bagged the best seats – a side pew with unobstructed view of the “stage”. The conversation was conducted by the well-informed Patrick Freyne, a features writer for the Irish Times. The two of them discussed anything from how Harkness launched into writing from her regular career as a professor of history, to her writing process, to the characters in her novels and her plans for the future of the book series. I really enjoyed listening to Harkness. She came across as down-to-earth and unpretentious, she had many interesting things to say, and I almost felt she was a kindred spirit when she disclosed which handful of fiction books used to be on her bookshelf in the 1990s ( of which I can only remember Marion Zimmer Bradley Mists of Avalon, AS Byatt Possession, and Umberto Eco Name of the Rose).
Anyway, it was a great conversation, and even though the event was not fully sold out, the line for the book signing table stretched all the way back through the chapel within seconds of the event ending. So Hari and I decided not to wait around. I am, however, even more curious to see the series.
Umph, just seeing Matthew Goode there (whom I actually like), I get wistful thinking how good RA would’ve been…
So yeah, here’s a really nice segue to today’s A to Z Fan Challenge question…
P – RA on big screen or RA on TV?
Small screen, all the way. Yes, I know that the big screen is the way to superstardom. But I am selfishly only thinking about myself here. I simply want RA’s work easily accessible and preferably in a format that brings him on my screen regularly every week. A nice lead role, can be period or contemporary. Heck, I don’t even mind if he reprises a genre that he has done before. I would just prefer to see him in a long-term project that does not involve expensive cinema tickets. Who do I need to bribe to make that happen?
Sorry, that’s a short answer today. But at least I am back.
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Very quickly…mostly so that I can be in on the discussion…thank you for the interesting info about Harkness. What a treat that must have been! I love hearing writers discuss their craft.
I’m torn about the big/small screen question. My life’s work has been dedicated to the big screen, so I lean toward that, but as you say, getting to see RA every week in the comfort of one’s home has a lot to recommend it. And I seem to recall him saying that he prefers TV series because there’s more opportunity for character development.
I guess that for me, the bottom line is that any project needs to be well-written, have RA in the leading role, not kill him off and have him be as naked as possible as often as possible. Wait, did I say that last part out loud?
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LOL – well said, LL, right down to the last line!
I must admit I was running out of steam in my post, and rather than elaborate on my reasoning, I just finished the post *hehe*. But yeah, I remember him saying that he liked TV because he can explore a character for longer. That would very much suit my preferences, too…
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Yes, I would also like a longer character arc with a character that actually gets to do some arc-ing, if you know what I mean.
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LOL – yes, excactly. some proper three-dimensional stuff, not a cardboard cut-out, please.
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A modern Guy perhaps??
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Oh yes, that would be a dream come true!!!
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LL, I can’t top your answer so I will concur with you! I think a BBC series would fit well. They seem to me to be well written and lush costumes and location shooting and he could probably stay put in London and stop globe hopping so much… although I wouldn’t mind him keeping a pad in NYC just in case…..
And to Guylty— hey hey hey you’re back. 10 more answers to go on the challenge!! I er we missed your Tumblr round-up/commentary/asides/visuals as well!!!
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I know I know… I actually suggested to Hari that we should do the round-up together. Would’ve been great fun – but then we forgot about it on Friday and there was no time on Saturday and Sunday… There’ll be a longer round-up next Saturday instead, I hope.
And I concur with your suggestion of a nice BBC series for RA.
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I forgot to add those pics in Dublin Castle chapel are magnificent!! 👏👏👍👍
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I have to agree with you about the casting of Matthew. RA would have fit the bill splendidly. I might give the books a go again. I did enjoy them. I’m NOT a supernatural fan – not into vampires and witches and werewolves, but I found this series intriguing.
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It was an easy read, so even for people who do not like the genre very much, it was easy to get into it.
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I’m not into the genre at all, but it was easy for me because I envisioned RA in the title role.
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What was the other role that was all a buzz Gerault or something like that that went to flyboy Cavill and I read will start filming in Hungary!!! Wasn’t there a campaign/chatter to get Richard that role?
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Actually, the webs were abuzz with Richard getting the TITLE role.
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About its a vampire thing too right? Witches and all that stuff and another tv series? Discovery of Witches is not out in America right? But playing in the UK now?
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I don’t know. I’ll look for it. *smile*
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Ah you always come thru for us!!!
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I try
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A TV show based on a video game based on a series of novels about medieval monster hunters/vampire slayers or something, from what I remember.
He wasn’t actually up for it or even trying out for it, it was more of a fan casting thing IIRC.
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Kate, yeah I mean Castlevania is that what you just described based on a video game or something like that. Enough voice work I say. Find something rom commy or even detectiveish like Broadchurch with some sort of a spin. There’s got to be stuff out there in BBC land….
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Well, sort of like Castlevania, I guess. But I meant The Witcher is the medieval monster hunter/fantasy stuff.
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I thought Trevor Belmont was some sort of hunter or dragon slayer or some sort of dude with a whip?
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He is indeed – he is a demon hunter, a human. And his weapon is a whip.
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He is and apparently so is this Geralt character. He’s a sorcerer, who is a sort of supernatural bounty hunter, I guess.
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On Sky in the UK.
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Geralt the Witcher. Yeah, I think there was a lot of buzz about RA in that role. I didn’t follow it properly because I was not familiar with the game.
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Yeah the part went to Superman.. wasn’t it a hugely coveted part or something? I thought you all were chatting about it a few months ago.. Geralt Geralt Geralt !! I was like who’s that do you mean Gerald Butler (hahaha)??
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No idea whether it really was that coveted – I don’t know enough about gaming etc. But yeah, even I saw the posts from all kinds of geek magazines lobbying for one actor or another for the role…
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I never read anything about RA even having heard of it or being interested in it. Just other people thinking he would be good for the role (including some fans of the game in the geekdom) but like you I’m not into video games, so I didn’t pay much attention. I thought they had a point with him having the right look from some fanart I saw. I don’t know how coveted it was. Cavill wanted it real bad from the chatter, but idk if anyone else was keen.
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You are hitting the nail on the head, Kate. I think it was all fan-driven, and certainly did not seem like a role he was actively pursuing… (He just doesn’t strike me as geeky enough for that…) The fan art looked really convincing – but I actually think it is always good when the cast actor is so keen on being part of a show that he actually really knows… so good for Cavill.
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But this is an animation role or real person role? I have no clue about video games so if it is the same as Castlevania then Richard’s done that-S3 is already confirmed so he doesn’t need to stick his toes in this genre anymore no?
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It’s live action.
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They are making a series based on a video game (i.e. animated) but now played by actors afaik.
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The only redeeming feature?
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yeah
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Big screen or small, for me. it depends on the role. Loved him in SB, which would count as tv, hated the Dollarhyde role, which was tv, too.As for movies, except for Thorin role, I think his movies are completely forgetable. I think most of his movie. roles are obscure, weird or both. Not counting Oceans, but that role was minor, although lovely. I think his big break was ITS, and it came and went like the tornado. My, I sound pessimistic. I must be crashing from all the 🎃 candy I ate.
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Pessimistic or not – I think you have a point there. The whole movie thing post-Hobbit didn’t really take off, did it? Another reason why I am thinking that he should call it quits and concentrate on TV instead.
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It really didn’t. I’ve thought about this and also discussed it with a friend. Maybe it’s just because I don’t know enough about the movie business, but having a major role in one of the biggest franchises apparently isn’t necessarily a career maker, as much as fans would like to believe that. Of course, we don’t know how much of it is by choice and how much is just luck (bad or good), but I’ve thought about how much truth is in his little funny annecdotes about going to auditions and people saying “Oh, you’re tall and not nearly as hairy as we thought”. Tears of a clown?
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There must be hundreds of variables that may determine why an actor suddenly becomes a superstar – and why others (who may even be worthier in terms of talent) do not. Timing, age, exposure, looks, previous role choices, agents, fans, jobs on offer… who knows what it all is. I suppose, the important bit is that he himself is not disappointed with his career. It’s not as if he didn’t achieve anything…
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Yeah I mean maybe he thinks Thorin was the icing, he lists Thorin in his description on Twitter profile. But it’s got to be hard to see all these other Brits getting roles that maybe he wanted or wasn’t even asked to audition for and think “why not me” Castlevania is great (er ) and all which is maybe why I clung to BS so much b/c he is SEEN in that series not just heard.. and he got top billing in BS1 and BS2 although that turned to s**t (maybe??)
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Oh no, not at all. I didn’t mean to imply that he hadn’t achieved anything. And of course I have no idea what it is HE wants, which is really all that matters.
He May well be perfectly happy with everything. I really hope so.
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OH, I know you didn’t mean that. Sorry, that was me thinking aloud – I meant to say that in reference to my own argument.
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It’s all good. I just wanted to clarify that for the general audience.
Listen to us, apologizing to each other like it’s a competitive sport. How very British of us! 😉
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I know *LOL* – “so sorry, forgive me, mea culpa” 😁
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No, you first. No, please, by all means, my fault entirely.
My BFF is from Northern England, so I’m quite familiar with this.
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LOL – that reminds me of that wonderful short story by Ephraim Kishon about meeting an English man and ending up in a big fight over who should go through the door first… all for the sake of politeness.
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Yes!!!
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You and Kate are so synchronized I had to go back and read what the back and forth was all about.. The German chatter was quite sweet…
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I agree. TV wins, for all the reasons mentioned. Have a wonderful birthday. 🎁🎉
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Thank you 🙂
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I think if Urban could have been released with a bang instead of a wimper and been accessible to more people like me who will probably never see it at this point he could gain more visibility. I think that’s his problem- Thorin was great but hopefully that was not his peak. BBC has fantastic material and many of their shows have gone across the pond to U.S. so that would tick of a lot of boxes for him and his loyal fans.. Maybe he had banked on BS to do that… ?
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It’ll be out on DVD soon(ish) as per Candida Brady’s Twitter, so there’s hope!
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I believe that when I see it…
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You and me both, but I have to hope on this one because I WANT IT!!!
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🙂 Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
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Sounds like a lovely weekend with great company 🙂 thanks for sharing!!!
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And as I finally copped on, you met Hari the weekend before that?! Good call!
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Yes, I did and yes it was. 5 hours talking, laughing and eating – it was great 🙂
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Oh btw, Alles Gute für Dich!!! :*
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Danke 🙂
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Hehehe, yep, time flies when you are with Hari!
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And she picked such a nice spot for my first Afternoon tea ever…that meet up was one of the many highlights of that trip, that’s for sure
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Fabulous. Yes, Hari knows some great spots in London that are well-worth visiting.
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Thanks for the post Guylty. I’d rather see him in anything now, rather tha just listening to him, which is all we have at the moment. As for Matthew Clairmont, I desperately wanted to see him in the role, he would have been perfect, but I’m glad he didn’t. It’s well made, but there is something faintly silly about it (aside from the subject matter). Matthew Goode is a fine actor but when flares his nostrils and tries to look menacing, he reminds of my son as a baby when he was straining in his nappy. I would hate to have seen RA humiliated like that ( though I suspect, he would have brought real menace to the role).
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LOL omg, I don’t think I will ever be able to unsee that particular visual now. “straining in his nappy” – that is just too funny.
But I totally get what you mean re. “faintly silly”. I’m not into supernatural stuff, normally, and I even find shows like Outlander tricky in that I don’t believe in time travel… But yeah, all of this needs suspension of disbelief.
Since I haven’t seen the show, I can’t tell whether it would’ve been ‘humiliating’ for RA to play in it. Although I tend to think that there aren’t *any* roles that are humiliating – they are simply jobs, or that seems to be RA’s attitude towards his work…
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I am enjoying Discovery of Witches. It’s atmospheric and we’ll cast. I didn’t mean that he would have been humiliated in the role
generallyy, just iif he hadn’t pulled off that expression! I Michael Goode is a good actor and seeing him also play Philip Durrant ( which he did brilliantly) makes me wonder if casting directors see RA & MC interchangeably (perhaps it’s just their tall, thin , blue-eyed looks).
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Oh, he also played Durant? That is such a coincidence! Yes, there are definitely similarities – although I think that Goode is actually a much more conventionally handsome man than RA. RA has edges and angles – very attractive, but unusual. Whereas MG is really an allround beautiful man – less angles, more classically goo-looking. But yeah, being tall and pale probably makes them appear as similar.
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He was great in that role. I never saw him that mean before
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RA or MG?
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MG. I liked RA un that role too but he wasn’t half as spiteful and mean as Goode
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Oh, interesting. I need to check that out…
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Anna Chancellor, Bill Nighy and Eleanor Tomlinson are also in it.
I enjoyed watching it as far as I remember (at least I blogged about it after watching) but it’s not for Christie purists because they changed quite a bit of the story
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Just checked out the trailers etc. on YT – looks really good. Pity it’s not free on Amazon Prime Video…
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Yes MG ( who doesn’t do anything for me) doesn’t compare really with RA’s unusual beauty
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Yes I would agree with that although it’s nice to see MG get some juicier roles now.., I really liked him in Leap Year! Go Ireland 🇮🇪
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I wasn’t a major fan of Leap Year (typical stage-Irish stuff – all those twee houses and those slightly simple Paddies *arrrgh*) but I have to say that MG had a fine Irish accent.
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I like the romantic storyline, Boy and girl meet, don’t get along, girl discovers what’s right in front of her all along. Plus the scenery was beautiful-that castle they walk up the hill where he tells her the folklore story was breathtaking (please tell me that was not CGI) I’m a sucker for romantic stuff and MG seemed to switch outfits a lot when he had no suitcase with him…
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I can’t quite remember. Is this the one? http://www.megalithicireland.com/Dunamase.html If so, it is most definitely real. I’ve never been there. And OMG – I just looked up where it is because I thought it might be fun to go there at the weekend. And W-T-F, it’s just right next to the place where I used to go every summer for Ireland’s biggest music festival. I can’t believe that I never knew this amazing castle complex was there!!!
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Yep that’s the castle alright! That was one of my fav moments in the movie. My fav moment was when they have to kiss at the dinner table and it was very swoonworthy b/c it had been building up for awhile.
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Yeah, that was funny – and romantic.
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Late reply – but on topic: As luck would have it, RA as Philip Durant was on TV in Ireland this evening. I must say, RA did the obnoxious bastard very well in the old version of Ordeal by Innocence.
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That was serendipitous! I love RA as an obnoxious bastard. (These late replies are due to discovering the little bell at the top of the WordPress page aand finding that there are comment s I’d not seen)
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Hehe, yes, that little bell is very handy.
There is also the “conversation view” when you go onto the WP landing page – that holds all conversations that you have taken part in.
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Oh thanks, I’ll have a rummage for that
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I just got the WP app after my brother asked me did ya get the app yet and bing the bell now tolls!! Isn’t technology grand? It tolled away yesterday afternoon sitting in Houston Flughaven for 3 hours🤣✈️😉
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Technology is great indeed. When it works…
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Yes indeed!!!
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I absolutely agree with your ‘conventionally handsome’ assessment. I’ve always felt that about RA—he has this elusive quality I cannot describe that elevates him above the mere “nice looking guy” to something more. More unusual, more interesting, more complex, more captivating.
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I think throwing my two cents in he’s aloof, mysterious in a lot of ways as well as handsome even in schleppy mode he radiates smoldering hunkiness! Captivating is a great word to describe him! 👍👏
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Aloof to me has a negative connotation, so I don’t see that.
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Well he seems a bit distant I wouldn’t say emotionally detached or unavailable but I guess I mean mysterious, hard to figure out which for me is atttactive. But I can see where that is negative esp if one doesn’t know where they stand or the person is getting mindscrewed
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Yes to all of that. There is more to beauty than just a symmetrical face arrangement. Humour, intelligence, demeanor all contribute, too. RA seems to be a thoroughly decent guy. That makes him particularly attractive imo.
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This!!! Absolutely this. My friend and I have a name for that—the Thinking Woman’s Crumpet Convergence. When beauty meets brains meets talent meets character. That’s RA for me.
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😂”crumpet convergence” – yes, the cookie crumbles…
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*insert John Mulligan munching away*
[I’m fighting off images of Jim Carrey intoning: “And that’s the way the cookie crumbles!”]
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(especially John Mulligan suggestively snapping the food from the fork…)
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Oh god, forkitage. *bites knuckles*
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That’s dangerously close to mindfuckitage…
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*bites knuckles harder*
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*hands over a wooden spoon for Kate to chew on*
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Thanks. That new BS photo is *not* helping my condition. Quite the opposite. That purposeful stride…
*grabs onto wooden spoon for dear life*
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Mulligan mindfucked with the best of them!!! Daniel mindfucks too but not that bad. Guy also was good at mindfucking but Vasey could teach a master class!!!
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LOL – nice ranking. And yes, Vasey was a master at it. But not quite as compelling as all the other mindfuckers…
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I’m not on Mulligan bandwagon at all. You were successful to convert me to. Lucas fan albeit for me it’s more superficially in his Belstaff look, hair, stubble, stride, Russian impersonation
Mulligan I disliked the clothes, the swarmy smile bug I didn’t like the female actress either. So that may be part of it too!
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IDK, I must admit that I am a bit of a love-blind fan when it comes to RA’s bad boys. I’m always willing to believe and forgive them *haha*.
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You are definitely more forgiving than I am probably about a lot of things. I can forgive but never forget stuff… Mulligan was a pos I’m sorry. He wore brown for a reason!!! Percy was slimy but Mulligan was a deliberate douche. Paul is a close second not having seen Lee yet.
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Lee isn’t much better…
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So Lee’s only redeeming quality was his Speedos??
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Pretty much…
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Do you think its worth me trying to hunt down and watch? BTS was a bit cringy to watch I won’t lie… I mean his bum and white socks notwithstanding….
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Well, it’s a classic role… but I’d say it can wait until you just happen to come across it… For the moment, the fan girl cut is enough, if you really want to get acquainted with Lee… https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1d2ow8
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You both could write a screenplay here!!
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well put!!!
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Happy Halloween and Happy Birthday! 😘
I must say I loved the Discovery of Witches books and I’m loving the series! Yes, RA would have been fabulous as Matthew but Matthew Goode is doing a pretty good job, and I don’t think he’s being humiliated in any way in the role.
Back to the question – small screen all the way. Like you, I want to be able to watch RA in the comfort of my own home, and another lengthy series would be perfect.
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Guylty it was your birthday yesterday? Happy Birthday 🎊🎁🎂
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Nope, it’s today 🙂 And thank you!
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Ahh I hope you have a wonderful wonderful day!! From all of us devoted fans 🎊🎂👏💗🎁😘
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Aw, thank you 🙂 – looks as if there is no work coming in for me today, so I have been out for a leisurely walk and have been treated to nice breakfast etc.
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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!!! Ich hoffe, du hast einen tollen Tag.
(drumroll–our first German interaction!)
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Ha! Echt, ist das unser erster deutscher Austausch??? LOL, witzig. Danke dir – die Sonne scheint und ich muss nicht arbeiten.
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Ja, Deutschlandpremiere sozusagen.
Juhu! Bei mir ist auch Sonne und ich muss auch nicht arbeiten (Feiertag!). Naja, wenn man mal vom liegen gebliebenen Haushaltskram absieht.
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Get some rest then !!
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Hehe, sagen wir mal Europapremiere *hehe*. Und ich geh jetzt nochmal weg – der Gatte will mich ausführen…
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Ja, hätte wohl Deutschpremiere heißen müssen. Hauptsache EU, gell?
Viel Spaß!!
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Aw thank you 🙂
I was definitely entertained by the books, but not enough to hang on to the actual books. (I was looking for them on Sunday because I thought I might bring them along and have them signed by DH, but I could not find them anywhere. Looks as if I decided I would not read them again – and gave them away.) However, imagining Richard as Matthew Clairmont definitely made reading them a pleasure… I am sure Matthew Goode is perfectly good, too…
Definitely want a 25-part TV series next from him.
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I’ve never heard of them before. I must live under a rock!?
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Kate, I’m right beside you b/c I didn’t have a clue who Deborah Harkness was. I know Matthew Goode from Leap Year and miniscule part he had in The Crown S2.
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I know him from Downton Abbey as well but I had not heard of the books or the series until it came up in connection with RA.
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Oh he was in Downtown Abbey? I just started watching S1 again. I stopped after S2 b/c of accessibility. I don’t know DVR ( my dad was like just DVR it. My sis was like TIVO it) huh? Amazon has all the seasons on Prime now so I’m diving in along with Legion which Kelly recommended.
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He is in the very last season.
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I first saw him in “Brideshead Revisited” and then he played Colin Firth’s lover in “A Single Man”… I actually do like him as an actor… Well, another TDH guy with a Brit accent, so surprise, surprise…
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I really think he’s great. I hope he enjoys the role!
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Agree.
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Ah, no, I don’t think this was required reading as such… If you aren’t a vampire fan, not living in the English speaking world, and not part of the fandom several years back, this could’ve easily passed you by.
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I don’t mind supernatural stuff, but I don’t live in that genre.
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Well that describes me to a T: no vampire knowledge , not part of the fandom back then, and sometimes not really living here English speaking world or not (hahaha! not)
I’m more the romantic world type like Jane Austen any day….
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You are excused, then 😉
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Great to read you had a lovely weekend! Hari plus Jonas Kaufmann – no doubt that was a perfect decision! 🙂
Re Harkness: I have to admit I didn’t like the books… After starting the first novel with high expectations I quit reading the second at about the middle… I am not that much into the genre either. And although I did not mind that much that RA had not been cast I agree that he might have really been a better choice than MG…
The Chapel looks great – have to keep it in mind for my scheduled Ireland trip!
As for the big screen/small screen question: your choice sounds very reasonable! Anyway I’d take both given he has had few highly estimated on screen roles recently and for a change… between Audible sessions… 😉
Thanks for your post!
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I am wondering whether RA as Matthew Clairmont was also a matter of age? The books are 10 years old at this stage. I can’t quite remember how old Clairmont is meant to be (in appearance, not in age – that would be several hundred years, I guess), but maybe time ran out and RA simply did not fit the description anymore…
Anyway, yes, I can recommend the chapel – if it is open when you visit. It seems to be closed most of the time.
And you are right – any screen is better than simply the earphones…
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I’d say Matthew Clairmont is almost ageless (as far as I remember what I read). And I can’t see that much difference between a beardless RA and MG.
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Good point. Ageless describes it well. And yes, without the beard (and a bit of make-up) RA can easily compete with MG.
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Just running in to wish you a very happy birthday. 🎂 🍾 Hope I’m not too late.
The Discovery of Witches clip made the series look better than the books, which I found lacking in richness somehow. But maybe that’s because I was busy scrubbing out MG and substituting someone else.
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You were definitely not too late – I am just late in saying thank you 🙂
It’s hard to fully criticise the All Souls books without being nasty. It’s not that I disliked them, and I certainly thought they were easy to read. I guess I found them slightly predictable.
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I vote for anything that is released on DVD eventually, so I can watch and watch and watch, and pause, and….
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That’s probably the best argument I have heard yet! Spot on, Besotted!
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It’s why the RA section of my DVD collection is growing steadily.
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Well, I have a dedicated external hard drive for that, too… Rather than leaving even *more* physical evidence around for Mr Guylty to poke his fun at…
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Oh, my stash isn’t out in the open. You won’t find a single RA 📀 on our DVD shelf. I’m not gonna tempt the fates of matrimonial harmony. They are safely out of sight.
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Good plan!!!
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Funny! You gals are teaching me good tricks.
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Yep, I’m with ya on a Richard Armitage series! I too read the All Souls Trilogy books because of the RA casting hype at the time and quite enjoyed it.I have now watched the TV series as well and while I like Matthew Goode I can’t help but think that Richard would have been even better in this… For me, the series has the same ‘it’s OK’ vibe as the books but I liked it enough to keep on watching, Just read that series 2 and 3 are planned.
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I have to admit that I would still like to see the series – even without RA… Good on them for having greenlit season 2 and 3, too.
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Yes, I wanted too see it too and it is enjoyable. Just could’ve been greater, I guess.
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And cool that you had a lovely weekend with Hari!
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At last, I’m doing #P. I would love having RA on my TV every week. Fortunately, besides BS, at least one of his movies seems to pop up each week on TV. I’d like him to be cast in a lead role in some really great main stream movies because it will bring him the name recognition he so richly deserves and he’ll be considered bankable in all entertainment forms.
Tonight A Discovery of Witches airs in North America. I managed to see the entire series while it aired in the UK and was very pleased. Apparently so is everyone who saw it because it’s up for an award and there will be a season 2 and 3. I thought Matthew Goode was a good Matthew but Clairmont will always be RA to me. Dr. Harkness knows I still believe this. We talk about it. It became kind of a joke at the 3rd annual All Souls Con last August but I was given several ADOW items with RA’s face on them because I’m still adamant he should’ve been Clairmont.
I still hope you’ll come to Cardiff for the 4th annual Con.
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So, how has DoW been received in the US? I still haven’t watched it here – and I really would like to. The whole thing somehow has grown on me, not least because of Matthew Goode. That sounds like blasphemy, but no, I agree with you Tommie, and still believe that RA would’ve been ideal in the role.
So, you have talked to Harkness about this? Well, what is *her* opinion on the matter. I mean, I fully understand that she would now be completely behind Matthew as Clairmont, but was there any truth in the rumour that she actually had RA in mind when she created the character?
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