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Geoffrey Rush on Robert Newton, Arr!

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Susan

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Date Posted: 21:27:43 06/04/07 Mon
In reply to: Susan 's message, "Misc. piratical gab" on 15:11:31 07/06/06 Thu

The new "Film Fantasy" magazine is loaded with stuff about the new "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. It includes this nod from Geoffrey Rush:

"Rush believes that Hollywood has a penchant for foreign-born bad guys had paid off for both himself and English actors. 'We went through a period where you had the Alan Rickmans and Gary Oldmans of the world playing the bad guys in Hollywood movies,' he says. 'It's this American tradition that if you want a villain, you've got to cast British. It probably goes back to the War of Independence or something.'"

Oh, is *that* the reason? (It probably *is* the reason I always seem to be drawn to movie villains! Although in real life, when's the last time *you* heard of British people coming over here to do horrible things to American citizens--more horrible, I mean, than, say, putting us down in a really great accent? Geez, I mean the UK is practically the last ally we have left in the world! Interesting that GR--who's Australian--has noticed this odd casting trend too.) Anyhow, back to the article:

"He welcomed the opportunity to do bad things with Barbossa. 'Getting to play the first serious pirate since Robert Newton almost have me a fresh slate. It wasn't like I had to play one of those weird guys who was going to take over the world by midnight, which is what all villains in all blockbusters do.'" Yay, he acknowledged our hero--one great movie pirate bowing to another. :-)

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[> [> Subject: Re: Geoffrey Rush on Robert Newton, Arr!
Author: Jenny [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:03:19 07/13/07 Fri Yes! GR's portrayal of Captain Barbossa is a brilliant homage. How cool of him to pay credit to RN! Hopefully it will inspire "the wiser youngsters of today" to learn more about the man behind our dear Cap'n Silver. "So be it! And fall on!" [ Post a Reply to This Message ]