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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4515 on: September 19, 2011, 03:22:34 AM »
Quote from: Dina on September 19, 2011, 03:16:10 AM
Michael Fassbender
Mmm... He's a bit young for my image of Lord Raith. The patriarch of the Raith family should probably not look like he's in his early thirties. Mortensen has twenty years on Fassbender (believe it or not.)
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4516 on: September 19, 2011, 03:29:06 AM »
ah, that is the problem. Viggo is too old for my image of LR.
Well, then would you like a not so young Paul Newman?
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4517 on: September 19, 2011, 03:47:30 AM »
Quote from: Dina on September 19, 2011, 03:29:06 AM
Well, then would you like a not so young Paul Newman?
Nope. Viggo's better looking.
(Too old?? For the patriarch of the family? What, you think he looks the same age as his children?)
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4518 on: September 19, 2011, 03:52:40 AM »
(yes I don't think vampires can age. And I disagree, I think not even Matt Bomer looks better than Paul Newman. Also, he is more menacing)
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4519 on: September 19, 2011, 04:15:51 AM »
The White Court is born, not made; of course they age. And I think that Inari would be rather confused if her father looked the same age as her siblings.
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he is more menacing
At a wild guess, you haven't seen A History of Violence. *shudder*

Really, even in Lord of the Rings, even though he's a good guy, he gets this look on his face... Well, it would justify all the hordes of Mordor quaking in their boots.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4520 on: September 19, 2011, 04:26:15 AM »
Lara still looked as a porn star, isn't it? So I guess he had not aged since her best years.
And I don't think they look exactly the same age, but I think this is due to clothes, etc.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4521 on: September 19, 2011, 05:16:03 AM »
Quote from: Dina on September 19, 2011, 04:26:15 AM
Lara still looked as a porn star, isn't it?
A retired one.
Keep in mind that the Whites are succubi and incubi; the term "vampire" is perhaps not entirely accurate. They are technically phages, feeding on emotion. And they can be soulgazed, which is a mortals-only trick according to Harry. They might only age, say, ten years for every hundred they live or something like that, but I never got the impression that they don't age at all. Lord Raith could easily look like a fit older man. And I don't really think that any clothes would make someone look like he could have a passel of adult children if everything else about him looked thirty.



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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4522 on: September 19, 2011, 05:23:33 AM »
A retired one?. I didn't recall it. It has no sense. If she was retired, she was young before, when filming. But when Lara was really young, the cine didn't exist. I guess the whites should have a way to change their appearance,

I had imagine LR looking about 40-42.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4523 on: September 19, 2011, 05:44:18 AM »
Quote from: Dina on September 19, 2011, 05:23:33 AM
A retired one?. I didn't recall it.
You should perhaps read the book again.
[Trixie Vixen] ground her teeth. "Lara is retired. Re. Tie. Urd. This film is mine."

Also, Michael Fassbender is 34, and looks younger than that to me. If I were a bartender, I'd card him; he doesn't look like he's in his forties.
I was frankly shocked to find out Viggo Mortensen was as old as he is, and immediately cast him as Daddy Raith in my head. He's still lookin good after age fifty. I mean... really good. It's impressive.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4524 on: September 19, 2011, 06:04:32 AM »
I had exactly the opposite impression about Fassbender. i thought he was far older than me and couldn't understand why he was casted for a young Magneto. But as in the movies Magneto looked older than  Xavier, I though they were trying to keep the pattern.
I agree with you about Viggo's look.
And yes, I haven't read that book in more than a year. But now I understand. I read that dialogue as " she has abandone the movies". Not as "she is too old to do the movie"
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4525 on: September 19, 2011, 02:45:29 PM »
And yes while Viggo Mortensen is starting to show some age with movie magic that could be fixed... but dont forget
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4526 on: September 19, 2011, 03:00:14 PM »
You are right in that, Kilroy. I hadn't thought about it.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4527 on: September 19, 2011, 04:48:48 PM »
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Really, guys? I might be remembering wrong, but isn't Butters described as, well, skinny? I adore Kevin Smith and everything, but the man has never been skinny.
That's why I'll admit that my go-to image is kind of weird. Okay, definitely weird. It's possible that the "skinny" part didn't register with me right away. I think of Smith as being short, but definitely not skinny.
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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4528 on: September 19, 2011, 09:59:54 PM »
Quote from: NeuroHeart on September 19, 2011, 03:22:34 AM
The patriarch of the Raith family should probably not look like he's in his early thirties.

Lord Raith:  "Why didn't I kill you..."                           
                         

Thomas:  "You're just mad you can't pull off the hat..."
         

Lord Raith:  "Son, I don't need a hat."
     

Thomas:  "Neither do I."


Lara Raith:  "Boys, I'm supposed to be the porn star of the family..."


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Re: Perfect Casting, part 2
« Reply #4529 on: September 20, 2011, 06:13:11 AM »
Well..... When you put it like that anyone would look good. +1 for snarky Lara comment at the end.
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