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Post by mcr5137 on Dec 7, 2006 5:24:27 GMT
Ok, lately, with the threads of recasting films or what we'd like to see Rufus do..........I've been thinking of stories/movies/types of things that I'd love to see Rufus do just because I CANNOT picture him doing them! I'm not saying Rufus CAN'T do any of this stuff........just that I can't see it! The ones that have come to mind are:
*A real western, on the order of "Lonesome Dove" or "Legends of the Fall" or "Dances With Wolves" Just can't see Ruf as a cowboy!
*A spy pic, like the Bourne Identity or Mission Impossible (and I HATE Tom Cruise, so Ruf would have to be better than him!)
*A musical, on the order of "Grease".........that just makes me laugh!
*A goofy comedy, such as "Young Frankenstein" or "The Jerk" or even "Holy Grail". I mean he does comedy so well........but I can't picture him in a silly, goofy comedy. Taming was clever and smart.
*A big-time Sci-Fi such as Star Wars or Star Trek or The Matrix or Aliens........I know he did Dark City, but I mean even more sci-fi than that.
What are roles that you just can't see Rufus doing? Again, we're not saying he CAN'T........just that we can't see it!
Michelle
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Post by maxx02 on Dec 7, 2006 11:36:36 GMT
I cannot see Rufus as "the dad" in one of those comedies with kids. I cannot see Rufus as the patriarch in one of those films that revolves around generations of a family. I cannot see Rufus as The Phantom of the Opera. I cannot see Rufus in one of those sword and sandal pics where he has to run around with no clothes chopping at things with a sword. I cannot see Rufus as a Gladiator. I cannot see Rufus as a pirate, but then I can't see Johnny Depp as one either... I cannot see Rufus as a foppish French aristocrat trying to take over the world with soap...(oops) okay maybe I can.  I cannot see Rufus enough. |
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Post by ukelelehip on Dec 7, 2006 16:46:57 GMT
I cannot see Roof in an American sitcom. *shudders*
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Post by mcr5137 on Dec 7, 2006 17:09:25 GMT
I cannot see Rufus as "the dad" in one of those comedies with kids. I cannot see Rufus as the patriarch in one of those films that revolves around generations of a family. <snip> I cannot see Rufus enough. I would love to see Ruf as a parent........one, because I can't picture it either, and two, because he IS a dad and I would love to see him bring that part of him to the story! In fact, you mention the patriarch.........but I can't see Ruf in ANY kind of family dynamic. I mean yes, he's done Cold Comfort and he was in a family........but he was the off-beat son. I'd love to see him in a really serious tight-knit family story. Can any of us really see Rufus enough??? LOL Michelle |
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Post by ukelelehip on Dec 7, 2006 17:11:05 GMT
I'd love to see him in a really serious tight-knit family story. Yes, that would be interesting! |
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Post by mcr5137 on Dec 7, 2006 17:11:14 GMT
I cannot see Roof in an American sitcom. *shudders* Hmmmm.......as an American, I might just take that personally!!! Actually, you are right.......with few exceptions, our sitcoms suck! I think he would have been great in a show like "Arrested Development", I found that to be a very cleverly-written, well-acted piece of comedy. That's why FOX had it and not the other three networks.......they don't do clever! Michelle |
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Post by maxx02 on Dec 7, 2006 17:28:00 GMT
I'd love to see him in a really serious tight-knit family story. Yes, that would be interesting! How soon we all forget. He was a particularly loving and gentle parent in CII. It was a wonderful dimension to the character how much his children meant to him. I should have been more articulate. What I had in mind were those films they do around the holidays where there are parents in a wacky comedy or something like the Godfather or A River Runs Through it. Wasn't that the one with Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins? He is a parent to Tristan in T+I and he is viturally a parent to the kids in Extreme Ops. He's done "parent" quite a lot, actually. |
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Post by maxx02 on Dec 7, 2006 17:44:48 GMT
The ones that have come to mind are: *A real western, on the order of "Lonesome Dove" have you ever seen the television version with Eric McCormack? I think Rufus would make a partcularly appealing Clay Mosby. |
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Post by mcr5137 on Dec 8, 2006 5:19:33 GMT
That is EXACTLY what I was thinking of when I said that, Maxx!!!!! I have both seasons of LD: The Series and I think EM did the most amazing job playing Mosby, it's my favorite thing he's ever done in fact. I can totally see Rufus in that role! How fun would that be???
Great minds think alike!
Michelle
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Post by mcr5137 on Dec 8, 2006 5:26:28 GMT
How soon we all forget. He was a particularly loving and gentle parent in CII. It was a wonderful dimension to the character how much his children meant to him. I should have been more articulate. What I had in mind were those films they do around the holidays where there are parents in a wacky comedy or something like the Godfather or A River Runs Through it. Wasn't that the one with Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins? He is a parent to Tristan in T+I and he is viturally a parent to the kids in Extreme Ops. He's done "parent" quite a lot, actually. Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins did "Legends of the Fall" Brad did "A River Runs Through It" with Tom Skerritt as his dad. It's actually those kinds of movies that I was talking about.......Godfather type or River Runs Through It type of family patriarch. I can't see Ruf doing those, so that why I want to see him do one. He has played a parent more than I remembered.......just not in a way that I want to see him. In CII, while the children showed another side of him.......it was still very much a side story, not the main focus and with T&I.....it had more to do with his love not being returned by Isolde than it had to do with his relationship with Tristan. I guess I didn't see the Ex Ops as being a parent, so that one doesn't hit it for me. I would just like to see the main story with him as a father........maybe a widower with small children that doesn't know what he's doing! Or the father with children who's mom is a drug addict and can't take care of them (on the order of "When a Man Loves a Woman"). That is what I would like to see him do...........because I just can't picture it at all. Great discussion! Michelle |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Dec 22, 2006 0:20:35 GMT
I'd HATE to see Rufus as a quizmaster on a game show, but I'd LOVE to see him as a panellist on something like "QI" (a sometimes intellectual, sometimes completely off-the-wall, rather esoteric panel game, chaired by Stephen Fry) or "Never Mind the Buzzc*cks", a rather rude, crude pop-quiz-type show, also often completely mad. He'd have a ball on either (as long as Mr Fry could resist those potent pheromones, of course ) |
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Post by ree on Dec 22, 2006 4:00:11 GMT
There are many "different" rolls I'd enjoy seeing him tackle, as long as they're challenging. Some of the ones you've all suggested sound interesting. I personally enjoy quirky characters.
My nightmare roll for him is almost too horrible to contemplate,
an American type Soap Opera. Ugg!
What I'd really like to be privy to is a list of parts or even just character types that he'd most like to be offered.
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Post by ree on Dec 22, 2006 20:22:47 GMT
lmao  Oh see what happens when I try to contribute a comment of serious nature? I just read that I used the word "rolls" twice. Now all I can imagine is Ruf sitting at a table before a giant platter of rolls & pastries which he will shortly "tackle" lol |
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Post by pattirose on Dec 22, 2006 20:55:48 GMT
Geez and I was thinking roll as in roll in the hay! Any roll is good in my book!
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Post by whitelilacs on Dec 24, 2006 20:15:15 GMT
I cannot see Rufus in one of those sword and sandal pics where he has to run around with no clothes chopping at things with a sword. I cannot see Rufus as a Gladiator. But he did play Agamemnon in Helen of Troy... pretty much exactly that. Except no fighting naked, just bathing. *points to icon* Um. I think he can do pretty much anything! And now that you mention it, musical cowboy Rufus would be lovely! (Oklahoma, anyone? ) A bad script is worse than any sort of strange character role, I think. (okay, maybe Oklahome would be a stretch... even if Hugh Jackman has done it...) |
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