what she says: I’m fine
what she means: why is Dorian Gray never played by people with blond hair? why is Dorian always depicted as all pale and dark? oscar literally describes his hair as gold like two seconds after we meet him. directors apparently feel like they have to make Dorian look dark dangerous and brooding, but he’s not supposed to look dark and dangerous and brooding. That’s the whole point. No one ever suspects him because he looks like an innocent little cherub with golden curls and rosy cheeks. His physical appearance is described with terms that Western literary tradition, during the nineteenth century in particular, associated with goodness and godliness, and this is intentionally juxtaposed with the blackness of his soul. If you intentionally play him as someone who looks like a Byronic hero, much of the symbolism of his character is lost, right?
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Reeve Carney for Lestat de Lioncourt.
So, @sherlockspider suggested this. I don’t watch Penny Dreadful, and now it’s added to my watch list, bc of reasons.
This Reeve Carney is good stuff. He appears to be the right age (Lestat was turned at 20 or 21 depending on your headcanon), he has the expressive eyes, the generous mouth, the jawline. Looks great in period costume. There are definite comparisons that can be drawn between Dorian and Lestat as characters. They both have this beautiful shell and a deep well of loneliness right underneath the surface, which translates into an insatiable lust for life’s pleasures and consuming other ppl.
Did I mention he plays guitar? And sings? Rather than give u pics, here’s two vids I found: [X][X].
Ah… distracted… so yeah, he has this great dimple when he smiles:
Have another:
Hit the jump for moar. Cut for length.
And then, he is also hawt, much seduct (and how much better is it when brushes his hair back? i have never been a huge fan of the middle part on dudes) We’d need to do smtg major with his hair:
Have another, a little more aggressive:
Apparently there was a Brokeback moment in Penny Dreadful (another mention of it here) so he’s willing to do this thank goodness:
So I would screentest him.
^very Lestatuesque.
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