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Post by maxx02 on Sept 17, 2007 23:52:30 GMT
I ran across this casting suggestion which I like... a lot on more than one level. It's something I never would have thought of for Rufus, but if they wrote it right, he'd be wonderful in the role. tinyurl.com/yw4phfThe author doesn't mention Rufus for the role until nearly the end when he gets to casting, but as you're reading keep in mind that's where he's going. After everyone has had a chance to comment I'll tell you why I think this could be the role of the lifetime under the right circumstances. |
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Post by catdishy on Sept 18, 2007 3:55:07 GMT
Yes, I saw the piece and thought YES!!!Rufus would be ideal for the role (and I'm not a fan of the genre, but never mind that)...if Rufus, did it, even folks like me would buy tickets.
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Post by ree on Sept 19, 2007 0:00:27 GMT
I'll admit that my first thought was "Maxx is high" but as I read
the commentary I began to get excited and thought " this is
actually interesting, this is something different! Ruf could create a
realistic, multi-dimensional character with the right script. He
could actually bring Vlad back to life! I want Rufus to see this
script" Then I read the second commentary, and became very
concerned about the quality of the writing. I'd still like Rufus to
have the opportunity to read the script, I'm just afraid that he
will find it as flawed as the second author. I wonder if he'd be
given the opportunity to have any creative control???
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Post by maxx02 on Sept 19, 2007 0:19:22 GMT
I have to admit, it never would have occurred to me as something interesting for Rufus until I saw Richard Roxburgh (who I'm off to see in Sydney in November (yay!)) did Van Helsing.
Richard Roxburgh is a very brilliant intelligent actor but he lacks Rufus' delicate touch. He took the character and thought about what it would mean to be alive for centuries with no end in sight--really thought about it from a human prospective and not the typical prospective of a monster. And his version of the character was completely barking mad.
So, it made me wonder, in a really fine production (Alex Proyas directed Dark City) what Rufus might find in the role of doomed tortured immortality. What a meaty role. What a chance to create some thing new and fresh, and for an actor who revels in creating textured and multi-layered characters, just think of what having centuries of life as well as possible madness might produce. Makes my mouth water just thinking of it.
At any rate, I'd relish the idea if it happened to come his way.
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Sept 19, 2007 1:14:05 GMT
At any rate, I'd relish the idea if it happened to come his way. Perhaps we should give it a shove and start petitioning Alex Proyas?  |
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Post by sandhexe on Sept 19, 2007 9:49:49 GMT
I think as well that this could be great!!!
just had to do a paper writing about a poem talking of the cruelty of Vlad Tepes (15th century) and I am really into his history!
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Post by rugirl on Sept 19, 2007 18:46:01 GMT
Yes, that would be a great role for Ru! Another book that is amazingly frightening, chilling, fascinating is "The Historian", by Elizabeth Kostova. The Vlad role in the book (it also deals with Vlad Tepes and the legend surrounding the myth, but I don't want to spoil it by saying too much about the plot) would be perfect for Ru, and the book is so well-written, how could anyone screw up the screenplay?
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Post by miss october on Sept 20, 2007 23:57:44 GMT
I would loooove to see Rufus in that.
I know he's tired of villians, but....maybe he'd change his mind?
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