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Perfect Casting Part Three
Talby16:
Colin Salmon is certainly acceptable to me as Chandler.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Quantus on June 14, 2018, 11:07:20 AM ---I never actually got 'Gravtias' from Chandler, he was all non-stop fashion quips and one of the first things he ever said was "“I am freezing off my well-tailored ass,”". He ranks right up there with Binder as an unapologetic cultural stereotype.
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Maybe gravitas isn't what I'm looking for. Maybe supercilious without the arrogance? That thing some Brits can do where they can likeably get away with saying, "Yes, because I'm British."
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on June 14, 2018, 11:13:28 PM ---Maybe gravitas isn't what I'm looking for. Maybe supercilious without the arrogance? That thing some Brits can do where they can likeably get away with saying, "Yes, because I'm British."
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I kinda want somebody like Matt Bomer without actually being Thoma- I mean Matt Bomer. In the sense that Steed's defining trait to me (more than even his britishness) is that he can be obsessed with fashion while still being a badass.
Dapper. Thats the word Im looking for: Chandler Steed needs to exude "Dapper" from every pore
A Neil Patrick Harris, or maybe a well-groomed Orlando Jones? or OOOh! Taye Diggs! Can Taye Diggs do a British accent? Id also be fine with Chadwick Boseman playing it light and British like he did in Gods of Egypt.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: Quantus on June 15, 2018, 11:58:31 AM ---I kinda want somebody like Matt Bomer without actually being Thoma- I mean Matt Bomer. In the sense that Steed's defining trait to me (more than even his britishness) is that he can be obsessed with fashion while still being a badass.
Dapper. Thats the word Im looking for: Chandler Steed needs to exude "Dapper" from every pore
A Neil Patrick Harris, or maybe a well-groomed Orlando Jones? or OOOh! Taye Diggs! Can Taye Diggs do a British accent? Id also be fine with Chadwick Boseman playing it light and British like he did in Gods of Egypt.
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Quantus:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on June 15, 2018, 01:02:36 PM ---
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Still too much gravitas for dapper. There's a certain devil-may-care foppishness invoked in bitching about fashion as an alternative to gallows humor. Put another way, he needs to be stylish without being a default authority figure, which is more of what I consider Colin Salmon's wheelhouse.
FWIW Ive only seen Salmon in Arrow, which was a character that never got more carefree than a sad, burdened half-smile. So I may just be underestimating his range.
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