duendology replied to your post: BLEU DE CHANEL: Interview with Gaspard…
if you haven’t seen it already, you should definitely watch “The Vintner’s Luck”. He plays a strange angel there who has a particular interest in…wine and wine maker as well.
OuO thank you! Added to my list.
Edit: atsumistress: Don’t watch the vintner’s luck – read it!!!! The film completely altered the plot and missed out the most important part! It is a fantastic story!
Noted!
BLEU DE CHANEL: Interview with Gaspard Ulliel
ah yes this is where I have laid my affections. Watch this interview bc he could almost be talking about Lestat here.
This is the guy I would most want as Lestat. No he doesn’t look like Rutger Hauer or Tom Cruise. Did Tom Cruise perfectly *match the physical descriptions from the books* physically? No, but he did a fabulous job bc PROFESSIONAL ACTING. I think Ulliel’s charm as young Hannibal proved he doesn’t need to match those descriptions either. Consider:
I didn’t see Belle yet (it’s on my watchlist).
Physically I think he works, look at this smooth operator (we don’t need the context to know he is artfully cranking up the charm here):
Shirtless pic bc of reasons is this why ppl ask me about my casting opinions? You just want me to google these guys shirtless jfc don’t you: EDIT: Actually an anon informs me this one is Sam Heughan, but I’m leaving it here bc of reasons:
And his smile (necessary to the character) even has good dimple action,
but then, when I checked out a video, I feel like his voice is really low for Lestat:
Idk maybe he going for a lower register in this vid for a reason, but I see him more as Augustin or a young Lestat’s dad bc of that low voice.
On a non-depressed bipolar note, here’s my first drag king attempt, circa 1800’s. Based on my unfortunate body shape most of what i can pull off will probably be period clothing to hide the bewbs.
I need to get some actual hair to spirit gum over the base shading for the facial hair, but I was moderately pleased with the shape and style for a first time go.
Philip Alexius de László (Hungarian born British painter) 1869 – 1937
Portrait of Raymond P. Johnson-Ferguson, 1923
I don’t remember anything about how she felt about movie!IWTV’s ending, but yeah, there was a whole thing about the Cruise casting, and she certainly changed her tune.
AR’s actual words re: Tom here: http://www.angelfire.com/ri/cerat/AnneOnTom.html
She went from:
“The Tom Criuse casting is just so bizarre, it’s almost impossible to imagine how it’s going to work, and it’s really almost impossible to imagine how Neil, David and Tom could have come up with it. I have one question: Does Tom Criuse have any idea of what he’s getting into? I’m not sure he does. I’m not sure he’s read any of the books other than the first one, and his comments on TV that he wanted to do something scary and he loved “creature features” as a kid, well, that didn’t make me feel any better. I do think Tom Cruise is a fine actor. [But] you have to know what you can do and what you can’t do.“
– an interview with Martha Frankel, published in Movieline (Jan/Feb 1994)
To:
“ON TOM CRUISE: From the moment he appeared Tom was Lestat for me. He has the immense physical and moral presence; he was defiant and yet never without conscience; he was beautiful beyond description yet compelled to do cruel things. The sheer beauty of Tom was dazzling, but the polish of his acting, his flawless plunge into the Lestat persona, his ability to speak rather boldly poetic lines, and speak them with seeming ease and conviction were exhilarating and uplifting. The guy is great.
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